Tag: car
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Falling foul of liable laws
A month or so back, my 16-year-old daughter had another car accident. This was her second within a six month period, as a consequence of which I tool her car away (for the second time) and this time also took her off my insurance (before the insurance company likely dropped her themselves) – which really did not go down well. The damage wasn’t actually too bad (compared to the first accident, where she totalled the other car – a BMW Z3), but as I only have basic insurance and my insurance company determined the accident was 100% my daughter’s fault,… Read more
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(Not-so-)instant “car”ma’s gonna get you…
So, although – as I suspected – switching to a new, subdued gray car from a bright yellow one has significantly reduced the number of speeding tickets I get (none in the two years I’ve had it, vs. one a year in the yellow car), it does seem to have increased the number of people who want to drive into me (three in two years, vs. one in six years). In this latest incident (a couple of months ago – I was waiting for closure, but I’m sadly still waiting…) some asshole side-swiped me. So we don’t run foul of… Read more
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He gets pulled over by the police, but you’ll never believe what happened next!
Well, I guess it was inevitable, but I finally earned myself another traffic ticket. This is almost 3 years after my last ticket, which is a personal record, so I guess I can’t complain. But, surprise, surprise, it wasn’t for speeding! Which itself is a minor miracle, as I was going 85 mph as I passed the copper who pulled me over… In my defense, I was actually just trying to put a bit of distance between me and the asshole who seemed determined to have his truck mount my car and produce a mini. Though to be fair to… Read more
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The Hope of the World
A few months ago, I got a new car (a 2015 Mazda CX-5). Among the many features that it offered through the in-dashboard display was Pandora connectivity. I’d never really bothered with any of the music streaming services, as I like to believe that I have better taste than some computer algorithm, and I have an extensive enough music collection to avoid getting bored with it. I’d already had Sirius satelilte radio installed to save me the horrors of FM radio, and typically spend my (recently doubled) drive time listening to Sirius XMU, which generally plays a pretty decent selection… Read more
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I can only receive; I can listen to you
So I finally bought myself a new car. And a new, new car at that; it had exactly 2 miles on the clock when I bought it. This is the first car (out of 9) that I’ve bought that wasn’t pre-owned. It will probably also be the only new car I buy, as I intend on driving this one into the ground. Much as I did to my last car – although that’s not completely driven into the ground (yet), as my eldest has claimed it as his own (despite not being able to get a full license for another… Read more