Car drama

At the moment, I am looking to buy my very first car and I'm surprised at how difficult it is to find one that suits me. I'm not being overly picky, well not in my opinion, but there just doesn't seem to be a nice little ve-hicle that wants to be owned by a crazy girl like me. I don't care if its a bit beat up on the outside as long as it runs well and has good fuel economy - in other words is not a gas guzzler - and is not going to involuntarily combust or anything like that, although the color does matter. Beige, burgundy and neon pink are out, purple, green, turquoise, blue, red, black, silver and white are all in. Yeah yeah, I know, that's so "girly" of me but in view of my usual tomboyishness I think I'm allowed to have some princess moments, don't you?

Although my goal is to work my way up to a mustang, my perfect car (for now) would be small (to the point of fitting in the "small car" parking spot), one of the acceptable colors listed above, great on gas, running smoothly and the owner of a nice face. Yes, I said face. There is no way that I am the only one on this planet that sees the headlights, license plate and grate and thinks of it as a face. Or as a type of bug. For instance, a little round and red 2 door car is obviously a ladybug! Some automobiles have friendly although rather spaced-out faces, such as mini coopers, others have bored faces (can you say mazda 666?) while still others have seriously evil expressions that shoot daggers at you as they race down the highway; the chevy camaro. I do have many friends that think me completely out of my mind but I think they are sadly without imagination, something I consider much worse than insanity.

Price is also a large part of buying a car, and I am definitely not willing to dish out thousands of dollars on a ve-hicle that I most likely won't have for longer than a few years at best. My price range is low. Nothing as ridiculous as expecting to pay 200 dollars for a new in-great-condition ride, but low enough. Like I said, all I've ever really dreamed of for my first car is a little thing that starts every time, runs well, looks good for the most part and doesn't take gas in one ear and out the other (yes I'm aware cars do not have ears). I've actually seen many for sale within my budget but I want it to be "love at first sight" you know? I won't buy something that doesn't appeal to me (princess moment #2).

Even though I have probably fooled you all into thinking that I am an expert on cars, I'm really not. Not only have I never been interested in the mechanics of these hunks of metal, the different makes have always simply molded into one; a car. However, now that I've been attempting to purchase one of my own, every little detail pops out at me on every little ve-hicle. If a whole line up of these things go by me, I am noticing the color, "brand", number of doors, condition, sound and paint job within a split second all the while wondering if they are manual or automatic and what it would be like to drive one. My walks have turned into study sessions.

I'm planning on lining up a half dozen cars and going over on the ferry to visit them next week, so I'm looking forward to that, but unfortunately replies from the owners are mandatory if I want to set up an appointment. Silly, I know. Anyways, it's off to bed with me, I've been going to sleep at unusually early hours and realized that waking up before 9 a.m. and having a full day ahead of me is really much more enjoyable than sleeping through half of it and then staying up until 4 in the morning. It's also very freeing to know that I am not being forced to get up for school, something I don't particularly miss. Well, goodnight again, and I hope you enjoyed my utterly random car post. :)