exsequar: (SN Impala BACK IN BLACK BABY)
I just saw a super awesome commercial for Chevy! It had snippets of all these different songs that mention Chevies, along with people singing along and loving up on the appropriate cars, and one of them was Elton John's Crocodile Rock - "Had an old time Chevy and a place of my own" *sings and dances* And there was this guy CARESSING a dark grey 60's SS of some kind - probably a Camaro, maybe a Chevelle - at a classic car show and DAMN it was hot. I WANT A MUSCLE CAR!! *drools*

Speaking of cars, my not-so-hotass but still my own '99 Subaru Legacy gave me one hell of a time today. You may recall that her headlights are out. So I went to look at the manual to find where the fuse box is so I could check if a fuse was blown. I found the box under the hood (first time I've popped her hood! Aw) and located the right fuse. However, I couldn't check it without pulling it out, and for that I needed a fuse puller - which was located in the OTHER fuse box UNDER THE DASHBOARD. Which I needed a screw driver to get at. So I went over to Facilities and Operations to hopefully find a man to take pity on a hapless young girl with car woes. There was a really nice guy there who took a look, determined it was not the fuse, and posited that it was the bulbs, which somehow magically went out at the same time.

SO! I drove to Advance Auto Parts, bought two new bulbs, and REPLACED THEM MYSELF \o/ My hands got all filthy and everything, it was awesome. (God, I would love to know more about actually working with cars.) Then I tried the lights aaaaaand... still not working. The brights were still working, so I know I installed the bulbs correctly. Conclusion? it's an electrical problem and I need to take my car to the shop.

SIGH.

What this means is I can't drive home until Saturday, since I can't drive in the dark tomorrow. But that's okay, cause i'll spend the evening with my lovely Michelle and maybe Rob if he decides to stay, so it should be fun.

I need to name my car. Hmmmm.

And now time to watch an episode of SGA with commentary - yay!
exsequar: (SN Impala BACK IN BLACK BABY)
So I was in the grocery store last week, and I stopped to browse through the magazine section like I always do. One popped out at me - it proclaimed MUSCLE CARS across the top and had a gorgeous Shelby Mustang on the cover. Of course I immediately snagged it. It's part of the HOT ROD Archive Series, and contains over 200 vintage photos of muscle cars, taken back in the day by car magazines. And my god, it's SEXY. I read the whole thing front to cover and it was basically a crash course in muscle cars, which was so much fun!

However, there was NOT ONE IMPALA. Lots and lots of Chevelles, some Camaros, and even a couple El Caminos, but NO IMPALA. *pouts like whoa* The only mention of our baby was in a caption for the El Camino that said it was based on the Impala's frame. NOT ON, HOT ROD. So this says to me that the Impala wasn't actually an important muscle car in the grand scheme of things, even though it was obviously being built in the late 60's and looked just as, if not more, sexass than all of the cars in this magazine. Does anyone with more knowledge of this subject know why they would so completely omit the Metallicar? It was disappointing.

But the magazine was just awesome. I was drooling profusely. Nnnngh. I would make scans if I had a scanner! But my dad has one at home, so maybe I'll do those when I go home for break, if there's any interest!
exsequar: (SN Impala extraordinary grace)
Wowwwwww.

There's a car on eBay that's JUST like our baby, if a little worse for the wear: Metallicar! It's a black four-door and omg I want it so badly it HURTS. If I had money I would actually, seriously consider it. Nnnnnngh.

The best part is? It was lovingly restored to its current beauty by an 18 year old young man, who has now shipped off to college in CALIFORNIA, and why yes, he is Sam and Dean rolled into one. !!!! Yeah. I want this car. I want it a lot.

*whimpers*

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