Surprises in the Dark

[astra_nomer]

On my way out the door to the car after work, I suddenly hear some noise in the brush, and look up to see a young deer coming up the hill through some bushes. It doesn't mind that I let the door slam behind me or anything, just eyes me curiously and heads over to the second somewhat larger deer standing on the knoll. They both watch me with the same sort of curiosity with which I watch them, as they graze quietly in the darkening evening and I walk out to my car.

Someone else at work has also recently bought a Prius, a different color from mine and the 2005 model. But in the dark it's hard to tell the color and I start walking toward the wrong Prius before I realize my mistake. Waah, my car isn't unique anymore.

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[76trombones.livejournal.com]

Yay, Prii!

They seem to be proliferating around here, too; danamae's housemate recently got one, for example. That was right after I got to ride in one for the first time. They are cool toys!

(I will spare you, for now, a rehash of the discussion of whether the Prius is a sexy car. I think it is, but I do sympathize with the "but it isn't stick-shift!" point of view. The fact that this discussion occurred among lesbians is, I admit, amusing.)

[astra-nomer.livejournal.com]

Which of danamae's housemates got the Prius? Or have I completely lost track of who's living with whom now?

The Prius is TOTALLY a sexy car. Though I did hear a rumor that some other company was making a hybrid car that is, in fact, stick shift. I don't know enough about cars to know how that works exactly...

[76trombones.livejournal.com]

I suspect you've lost track; she moved near the end of the summer. (Now she lives a block and a half away from me in the other direction!)

Hey, as I said, I was on the side of sexy! :)

I'm not sure I understand the stick shift thing, either. I mean, part of the deal is that the car's brain knows when it should be using the engine, and how much. So how does that fit with having user -- er, driver -- control over gears? It is unclear to me, and yet strangely intriguing.

[mama-pipa.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think the CIVIC hybrid by honda does come in a manual (as well as their Accord, due out this year) I wish I had the extra $$ to buy a new car, because a hybrid would definatly be it. Can't justify the cost just yet though, we are still trying to recover financially, maybe next year.