It rained today. Not very much at all... California needs a whole lot more than this piddly dribble. Moxie, send yours to us, will ya? We'll figure out what to do with it all. (I really do feel for you, honestly.)
One more trip in a friend's vehicle on Monday: to drop me off at the location where I pick up my new-to-me Toyota 4-Runner!
It's an old one, but well-maintained AND refurbished with new, important stuff, like brand new tires, battery, timing belt, other things... The mechanic is even gonna give me lessons on how to operate the four wheel drive. My friends who took me out there to check it out are jealous they didn't find the deal when they were looking for a good foothills vehicle. However, having met the seller, they now "have" a mechanic they feel they can trust. And he has another customer. (He will probably have yet another customer in my other friend-who-provides-me-rides, who is taking me there on Monday.)
It is a stock 4-Runner, but one of the more "loaded" models (leather seats, cruise control, really nice radio, power windows all around) but not raised or tricked out like Flatlanders pretending to "need" to go four-wheelin' off-road. Really nice brush guard, so if some suicidal deer decides this is its perfect crossing moment, there should be less chance of catastophic front end damage.
It's got a freaking moon roof! Which is why I pick it up Monday- the switch failed to close it as we checked out all the features. Opened up REAL nice, though.
I must admit I am having trouble getting my head around the concept of cruise control on a vehicle without an automatic transmission, though. Is there something that comes out and slaps your face when it needs to go into a different gear? I guess I'll get that explained on Monday....
No more sliding though....Well sliding may be ok, but no more crashes!
