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I finally used Zipcar, for donut-related program activities. Thanks colorwheel.

It was easy and fun, and I enjoyed driving a new-ish car. (It was the Scion on Somerville & Beacon, if that means anything to any of you.) mrmorse was there for moral support but none was needed, I did not crash very much at all etc.

According to my Zipcar online statement, I have three more days to make my first month's $50 prepay worthwhile, since it doesn't roll over. Grunt. I foresee a lot of spurious shopping. (Though I do have to get groceries. And maybe I'll go get a replacement Shuffle if I promise myself to actually hang onto this one. Meh.) I don't know if I'll do the $50 thing again or not... one reason it didn't work out so well was that I retained use of the Toyota longer than I thought I would.

The Toyota, by the way, has been in the shop for about a week 'n' a half now. I talked to the guy a week ago and he wanted to verify that I was sure that I didn't want it to look pretty. I said I was sure. (I can't imagine it coming out of this looking even uglier than it was. It can be all parti-colored with bondo and still look better than that horrible, rusting dent. It will certainly sound better, and that's the main concern.) I oughtta call again soon.

Driving 'er up to Bangor, or perhaps just to Waterville, once she's all set. And taking the bus back!

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The Scion's dashboard was strange to me. All the widgets (if you will) were dead-center; the space immediately before the driver -- that is, behind the steering wheel -- was just blank plastic. So I several times was alarmed, thinking I forgot to turn the headlights on because I couldn't see the dash.

The speedometer was an especially old-school-lookin doohickey propped up above all the other widgets and given a visually distinct color scheme. It made me wonder if there's a going theory (amongst those experts what care about such things) that analog, needle-based speedometers have a different and perhaps more effective psychological effect on drivers than simple digital readouts. It seems to me that in the late 1980s I saw a lot of cars with digital speedometers, and I haven't seen very many since.

Funny that the radio was already tuned to the local NPR station, the only station I ever listen to when driving. Zipcar-lovin centrist commies

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I've driven that car a few times. I imagine if I drove it a lot more, I'd get used to looking in the center for my information, but as it is, we hates it, yess we doess, preciouss.