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After posting about deciding to work on buying a car, it feels like the week really started to catch up with me. Lots of meetings, plus coordinating various things that need to get done and ordered and whatnot. Not a lot of executive function left over.

So, just a couple photos from the rest of the week.

Frodo's rear wheel is popping again, so I'm commuting to work on Princess TinyBike for the time being. It has also been rainy, so the rain cape has been getting use, along with the T-bag's rain cover and my duck boots.

Bike commuting this week

I've also been trying to be more consistent about rinsing off Princess TinyBike's drivetrain. It really only takes a couple extra minutes with a watering can. I am trying to channel my friend A, who cleans off her bikes after every single ride. Her bikes are immaculate.

I need to transcribe this biscotti recipe for some friends:

Recipe digitization effort

I have started my next knitting project, at long last. George is helping. So helpful. Judy's Magic Cast-On is fun.

George helps me start the next knitting project

Hopefully knitting a pair of socks will take less time than the cardigan took. I decided I should go ahead and get started on the socks, because not having a knitting project in progress was making me anxious.

It does not excuse me from continuing to work on finishing other unfinished projects.

The plan for tomorrow is for S and me to go somewhere with a big, wide-open parking lot, to practice driving Princess TinyHouse, so that we can see how fine or terrible it might be for me to buy a manual transmission vehicle. Figuring out/remembering how to drive a manual vehicle really adds to the stress of car-shopping. But on the other hand there are a number of good reasons to give it a try again.

I am also working on a list of questions to ask when calling places to inquire about cars. I have no experience with the logistics of buying a car.

Date: 2024-01-27 04:00 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ranunculus
I asked M, who is really good at buying used cars, what he would ask of a person selling a car. Here are his suggestions:
Bring a friend who knows about cars when you go to look at a car.
Carfax report you need the vehicle ID# for this. That should give you some clues and tell you if the vehicle was stolen.
Do you have the pink slip? ie; do you have the title in hand. This is important.
Milage
Condition of car?
Do you have any records of maintenance?
Has it ever been in an accident?
Why are you selling?
What is wrong with the car?
How are the brakes, tires? How many miles on the tires?
Does everything work?
M likes to look at the car wherever it is normally kept. Is the place clean and neat or a trash heap?
Is the motor compartment clean or does it have oil and dirt all over it?
Check fluids and motor condition when you see the car. Are the fluids clean?
If you want to buy, then tell them you will buy subject to a mechanics inspection which you will pay for at an Independent repair shop. Find one close to seller.
M would rather buy a car with a few dings on it than one that is all shined up but has dirty motor oil.


Date: 2024-01-27 05:29 am (UTC)
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Pull the seat belts out all the way to make sure it wasn't in a flood/hurricane.

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