I know I mentioned getting a car… but… perhaps I said that too prematurely.
Sigh.
If anyone knows of a reliable minivan/wagon/van within my reach, in the 1.5-3k range. One that will go cross country and then some, and that a mechanic would give the thumbs up — drop me a line. 🙂
if anyone wants to donate a vehicle (of any sort, but which is reliable as per above) to a poor-yet-adventurous cartoonist in exchange for, I don’t know, an oil painting? Now’s your chance!
Uh oh, I smell survivors guilt.
Around here, slightly-beater minivans go for just about $1K; Craigslist (with references), friends of mechanics you trust, even eBay. Oh, and expect to use that other $1K for the upgrades to ‘reliable’, as has been mentioned.
have a suggestion, these run like tanks..safe and overbuilt, go forever..500K is not unusual..
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/4811602579.html
@Pbarnrob, yes, that’s about what I’ll be looking at. Maybe more about 1.5-2k to buy, and another k to get it reliable.
@Mark_G, I do keep an eye out for volvos. There was a nice 240 station wagon I considered, but I was too slow and someone else got it. :-/
Ha! Volvo ftw. They don’t make ’em like that anymore.
Swedish pride. 🙂
(although my family always had SAABs and still do, even though they’re not produced anymore)
I expected it to be Gordon. He’s the one who foiled Lamont, after all.
The feels! Oh, the feels!
(Does anyone else suspect the captain of rigging it?)
I suspect the same Stewart
Christopher, i hope everything works out and you get a good car, its always risky but there are good cheap cars out there! All the best
a couple subies, a couple volvos, even a running mercedes. all within about a 2 hour ride from saratoga…..
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/search/sss?sort=rel&query=wagon&minAsk=900&maxAsk=3000
So if they just send her back alone – will Earth believe her when she says the rest were all killed? Do they get to make last-goodbye videos to send home?
‘Cause that would be the ultimate horrid end – to go back with that knowledge, that experience, and have it disbelieved…
Is it just me, or do people seem to do an excessive amount of head lolling in the future?