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2002-12-06
6:40 p.m.
I used to drive an old escort pony with no power anything. I would break into a sweat parallel parking since there was no power steering. I sometimes disliked the manual transmission in traffic jams but the manual windows never bothered me. It was a simple automobile. If it wasn�t working it was because of something serious like bad engine, bad belt or broken axel. Something real. Unlike my �new� car. I spent two hours dealing with my helpful anti-theft/anti-owner device today in Ann Arbor. My little 96 golf was on ultra lock-down in the Borders parking lot. The horn was honk-honking for annoying three-minute intervals and the steering wheel was locked up so I couldn�t start the damn thing. I would have driven the fucker 60 miles home with the alarm going off if I could have. S and I had a ton of work to do back in the D and didn�t appreciate the looks of our fellow Arborland Mall shoppers that unhelpfully suggested we turn the alarm off. The autoclub fella rescued us by pulling out my horn sensor and rattling the battery and I am home safe now. I am just cheesed about new-fangled stuff like anti-theft this and automatic that � that messes with my time when it�s supposed to be beneficial. Ahh, this consumer world is so cruel. huh? - 2004-01-15 resolutions - 2004-01-09 video reason - 2003-12-30 sik - 2003-12-06 voiceless - 2003-11-19
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