Dead batteries
I was going through my unsorted stack of receipts today, looking for the my warranty documents for my Marin urban bike. It’s time to take it in for adjustments, and while I’m at it I want to take the Timberline mountain bike in for a tune-up. In the process I came across the registration tags for my Subaru.
It looks like I failed to apply the tags. I must have forgotten in the chaos of moving, and as a result I got two “expired tabs” $50 tickets on my car the last 2 weeks. I decided to take a bike ride up to my magical street parking permit zone in Western Addition to apply the tags. Luckily, no new citations this time around, but not so luckily me the battery was dead. I had left the map lights on the last time I used the car. Good going me!
$45 later, my automo-car was jump started by a friendly SoMA tow truck driver. Yay insurance reimbursements!
I put the car up on cars.com this time around. CL didn’t yield a single hit. I’m priced lower than all the other Subaru’s in a 250 mile area, so I should get *something* soon.
January 8th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Hey,
Bummer about your tickets and the dead battery. I am sure dad could share a similar story about leaving the map light on in the Subee. He did the same thing when parking it at the airport for a week. Anyway, what are you asking for the Subee? Jon wants one but I am not sure when. He was looking at the Impreza at the Car Show today although he really wants the $45,000 BMW. Breanna liked the Jeeps and Jonny liked the Porshe 911 Turbo (he has that name memorized). I of course was partial to the $65,000 Porshe Cayanne SUV (very nice). I also liked the Impala SS (comfy). Anyway, more later.
Catha
January 12th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
I’m asking for $21750 at the moment (see my latest post). I might have to start going down on the price though, which I’d rather avoid. I need some negotiating room, because I know I’ll be talked down from my perch.
Someday I hope to work somewhere that will subsidize a Porshe 911 Turbo for me. That would be a fun car to drive, though in the Bay Area, it would only go about 10mph most of the time. :)