http://www.tetromino.net/blog/2006/10/14/my-car-just-got-stolen/ random links, random thoughts, easier than maintaining a flat text file Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 http://www.tetromino.net/blog/2006/10/14/my-car-just-got-stolen/#comment-1717 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:39:40 +0000 http://www.tetromino.net/blog/2006/10/14/my-car-just-got-stolen/#comment-1717 [...] This weekend I’ve been looking at cars, trying to find something to replace my stolen Acura without breaking the bank. Frankly, it’s not encouraging. The cars that I like are a bit too expensive; and the cars that I find affordable are, well… hard to like. Consider a 1998 Saturn for $1900 which I looked at earlier today. On the test drive, I recalled the opening scene Dead Souls, where two peasants are discussing a carriage: “What do you think, would this wheel make it to Moscow?” “It would.” “But I’d say it won’t make it all the way to Kazan’.” “No, it won’t.” Would the steering mechanism have made it to Maryland? Probably. But all the way to New York? Somehow, I doubt it… [...] […] This weekend I’ve been looking at cars, trying to find something to replace my stolen Acura without breaking the bank. Frankly, it’s not encouraging. The cars that I like are a bit too expensive; and the cars that I find affordable are, well… hard to like. Consider a 1998 Saturn for $1900 which I looked at earlier today. On the test drive, I recalled the opening scene Dead Souls, where two peasants are discussing a carriage: “What do you think, would this wheel make it to Moscow?” “It would.” “But I’d say it won’t make it all the way to Kazan’.” “No, it won’t.” Would the steering mechanism have made it to Maryland? Probably. But all the way to New York? Somehow, I doubt it… […]

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