Goodbye Old Friend

Da Gnu Car Front


Da Gnu Car Side


Da Gnu Car Rear You may recall that I mentioned that I was busy on Friday.

I was buying a new car, a 2025 Prius LE, the first ever gnu car that I have purchased.

It took about 5 hours, and many, MANY, signatures.  (I got so punchy midway through that Ithink that I signed the toilet paper when I took a bathroom break.

At 20 years old and 378K miles my old 2004 Prius was simply falling apart.

I know that buying a new car is not smart, but the relative cost of new cars vs used cars has been insane since the start of the pandemic, and I wanted to own a gnu car. 

That being said, I feel sad about getting rid of the old 2004 Prius.  I got it in  2016 with 175K on the Odometer, and really enjoyed it. 

It was my mid-life crisis car, which makes me the dullest mother f%$#er on the fucking planet. 

The gnu car is better in almost every way, fuel economy, handling, performance, but getting rid of my mid-life crisis car, I am acknowledging that I have aged out of being middle aged.

I should note here that "Gnu" is not a name for the car, it is an adjective describing my car.  

I do not name my cars.

It simply means that my car is not Unix. (Not my joke)