Watch the police and the tax man miss me, I'm Mobile!

[Herr Logan]

Well, folks, I've overcome all but one obstacle in my 9-month quest to become a licensed driver. I got my learner's permit, passed driving school, practiced driving for more than 40 hours with a very competent licensed driver (during which, I only smacked into someone else's car one time), passed my driver's test, got my parents' care gifted and re-titled to myself, and got a parking permit for my apartment building. Now all I need to do is get a ride to my parents' house, get in the car and get it over to my building. Yeah, that's right. :cool:

I am now the legal owner of a 1993 silver Toyota Camry station wagon. What could possibly be more badass than a 12 year-old, silver station wagon passed onto me by my suburbanite parents? At the young, tender age of 23, even?? I'll tell you what-- a newly licensed, 23 year-old driver riding in a 12 year-old silver station wagon with George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" playing on repeat!! In comparison, you feel uncool just reading this, don't you?

Aren't you excited and happy for me? Of course you are! After all I've done for you people, you'd better be. :cool:

:wolverine

[Erzengel]

I guess it's time to start cruising the high schools. :p

[Captain_Obvious]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/InsayneJayne/Smilies/stars.gifCongrats Herrhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/InsayneJayne/Smilies/stars.gif

[Bathrat]

I remember when I got my first taste of life in the fast lane...

[Herr Logan]

I guess it's time to start cruising the high schools. :p

Only for financial purposes, Erzengel. ;)
I'll bet high school kids from Bethesda, MD would fetch a decent price in certain markets.

:wolverine

[Erzengel]

Only for financial purposes, Erzengel. ;)
I'll bet high school kids from Bethesda, MD would fetch a decent price in certain markets.

:wolverine

Yes, don't mess up my order this time. I said cheerleaders not bandmembers.

[Kable24]

Just getting your license at 23???

[Head>On<Collider]

What took you so long man? :p Actually, I'm in the opposite end of the coin. Hopefully, by the end of summer, I'll be driving again...
How does it feel to fly????? :up:

[spider-jide]

Logan, all you need now is a chick in the passenger seat, ready at will to go down below when ever you come to a stop sign.

[Herr Logan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/InsayneJayne/Smilies/stars.gifCongrats Herrhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/InsayneJayne/Smilies/stars.gif

Thanks, Cap'n. :)

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

Yes, don't mess up my order this time. I said cheerleaders not bandmembers.

A little extra $incentive$ makes for better service.

:wolverine

[Erzengel]

A little extra $incentive$ makes for better service.

:wolverine

There you go my friend.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/photos_images/news_images/11_2004/money_lg.jpg

It's a pleasure doing business with you.

[Herr Logan]

Logan, all you need now is a chick in the passenger seat, ready at will to go down below when ever you come to a stop sign.

Well, unfortunately, my woman isn't quite that bold.

But don't think that thought hasn't crossed my filthy little mind. :o

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

Just getting your license at 23???

Yeah, that's right. :cool:

:wolverine

[The Lizard]

I had a GF who still hadn't learned to drive by age 20, and it drove me CRAZY shuttling her all over the place. Then we broke up. :)

[Herr Logan]

What took you so long man? :p Actually, I'm in the opposite end of the coin. Hopefully, by the end of summer, I'll be driving again...
How does it feel to fly????? :up:

What took me so long? Anxiety, and lots of it. It's all tied in with a non-verbal learning disorder that makes me less able to judge spatial relationships. Also, lack of motivation. And lots of it.

How does it feel? Very, very nerve-wracking. I'm terrified to drive alone for long distances. In places where I'll be driving at slow or moderate speeds there will be a lot of other cars on the road, and in places where I'll be driving very fast (the Beltway, mainly), I don't know my way around so well. I do very well with Beltway driving, but my friend/mentor was navigating completely, and I have a crappy memory, especially when it comes to where the hell I am, where the hell I'm going and how the hell I'm gonna get there.

:wolverine

[ben_thuggin]

23 is a bit old to get your first driver's liscence.

[spider-jide]

Well, unfortunately, my woman isn't quite that bold.

But don't think that thought hasn't crossed my filthy little mind. :o

:wolverine


haha, sooner or later she'll come around.

[Herr Logan]

23 is a bit old to get your first driver's liscence.

And yet they gave it to me anyway, and legally so.

Here's an idea: if people can't either say something kind, entertaining or informative, they should feel free to keep on walkin'.

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

I had a GF who still hadn't learned to drive by age 20, and it drove me CRAZY shuttling her all over the place. Then we broke up. :)

Ouch. :o

My woman got pretty frustrated with me about this. We live together in this apartment (we're also planning to move this August) and we don't live that close to a subway station, so it's hard when only one of us has direct transportation. But it's all good now.

:wolverine

[Head>On<Collider]

What took me so long? Anxiety, and lots of it. It's all tied in with a non-verbal learning disorder that makes me less able to judge spatial relationships. Also, lack of motivation. And lots of it.

How does it feel? Very, very nerve-wracking. I'm terrified to drive alone for long distances. In places where I'll be driving at slow or moderate speeds there will be a lot of other cars on the road, and in places where I'll be driving very fast (the Beltway, mainly), I don't know my way around so well. I do very well with Beltway driving, but my friend/mentor was navigating completely, and I have a crappy memory, especially when it comes to where the hell I am, where the hell I'm going and how the hell I'm gonna get there.

:wolverineI suggest taking a long trip up or down the peninsula just for the hell of it. The more you drive, the less afraid you'll be. The first thing I'm doing when I get my car back or a new one.... is I'm going on a long road trip to nowhere. Anything that gives me any sense of freadom is a need. Preferably, the ocean side but deserts and countrysides have their place also....... :up:

[Captain_Obvious]

How does it feel? Very, very nerve-wracking. I'm terrified to drive alone for long distances. In places where I'll be driving at slow or moderate speeds there will be a lot of other cars on the road, and in places where I'll be driving very fast (the Beltway, mainly), I don't know my way around so well. I do very well with Beltway driving, but my friend/mentor was navigating completely, and I have a crappy memory, especially when it comes to where the hell I am, where the hell I'm going and how the hell I'm gonna get there.

:wolverine

awww that makes you sound just adorable :confused:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/InsayneJayne/Smilies/chirolp_kiss1.gif

you'll be fine within a few days, I'm sure...just keep your focus and stay confident...AND stay alert of fellow dumb**** drivers :o

[Corinthian™]

Well, folks, I've overcome all but one obstacle in my 9-month quest to become a licensed driver. I got my learner's permit, passed driving school, practiced driving for more than 40 hours with a very competent licensed driver (during which, I only smacked into someone else's car one time), passed my driver's test, got my parents' care gifted and re-titled to myself, and got a parking permit for my apartment building. Now all I need to do is get a ride to my parents' house, get in the car and get it over to my building. Yeah, that's right. :cool:

I am now the legal owner of a 1993 silver Toyota Camry station wagon. What could possibly be more badass than a 12 year-old, silver station wagon passed onto me by my suburbanite parents? At the young, tender age of 23, even?? I'll tell you what-- a newly licensed, 23 year-old driver riding in a 12 year-old silver station wagon with George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" playing on repeat!! In comparison, you feel uncool just reading this, don't you?

Aren't you excited and happy for me? Of course you are! After all I've done for you people, you'd better be. :cool:

:wolverine
18...

'95 Dodge Neon...

1 pwn j00

[Herr Logan]

I suggest taking a long trip up or down the peninsula just for the hell of it. The more you drive, the less afraid you'll be. The first thing I'm doing when I get my car back or a new one.... is I'm going on a long road trip to nowhere. Anything that gives me any sense of freadom is a need. Preferably, the ocean side but deserts and countrysides have their place also....... :up:

The Delmarva peninsula? My folks got a beach house in Delaware, so I may do just that.

So... what exactly happened that you can't drive? Is it your car or your license that isn't in working order?

:wolverine

[Head>On<Collider]

awww that makes you sound just adorable :confused:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/InsayneJayne/Smilies/chirolp_kiss1.gif

you'll be fine within a few days, I'm sure...just keep your focus and stay confident...AND stay alert of fellow dumb**** drivers :oI hope this doesn't mean he'll ditch this place now that he has a new playground.... ;)

[Head>On<Collider]

The Delmarva peninsula? My folks got a beach house in Delaware, so I may do just that.

So... what exactly happened that you can't drive? Is it your car or your license that isn't in working order?

:wolverineI have my licence and I can drive a commercial truck even. I've got a partially fixed Ford Mustang that I wrecked. It needs alot more expensive work. I also have roughly $1,000 left to pay for a traffic ticket before I can even think about reregistering, reinsuring, re-smog testing, etc...... Plus, I've got alot of bills to catch up that I need to prioritize. My so called life sucks right now, but with all you guy's help, I'm surviving. This place is very therapeutic. As you may not know, I work at home.

[Herr Logan]

awww that makes you sound just adorable :confused:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/InsayneJayne/Smilies/chirolp_kiss1.gif

you'll be fine within a few days, I'm sure...just keep your focus and stay confident...AND stay alert of fellow dumb**** drivers :o
That's so sweet of you. :ghost:
I hope this doesn't mean he'll ditch this place now that he has a new playground.... ;)
Of course not!

Maybe just a little. :o

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

I have my licence and I can drive a commercial truck even. I've got a partially fixed Ford Mustang that I wrecked. It needs alot more expensive work. I also have roughly $1,000 left to pay for a traffic ticket before I can even think about reregistering, reinsuring, re-smog testing, etc...... Plus, I've got alot of bills to catch up that I need to prioritize. My so called life sucks right now, but with all you guy's help, I'm surviving. This place is very therapeutic. As you may not know, I work at home.

When you say you work at home, is that just with the band or do you have another job?

:wolverine

[Head>On<Collider]

When you say you work at home, is that just with the band or do you have another job?

:wolverineMy sculpting "business" .... been doing it since I was 18. I make and sell incense burners, ash trays,etc.... airbrush them, even airbrush vehicles when the work is there... I'm freelance and I post betweeen casting resin and hydrostone cement.... and such the majority of my life is lived at night.
when they're sellable, I deliver them to wholesale companies who order from me in bulk, and I keep the prices low enough for them to continue keeping me busy. Sometimes I sell molds to these manufacturers. I'll sculpt the prototype, they approve it, then I make a mold made out of aluminum based epoxy resin or urethane resins.... they in turn use it as a thermoforming mold for their plastic tubing and make sellable items within the novelty and artwork market. I'm still kept too busy to start my graphic design career. I actually made a "Quicksilver" incense burner for Dew, being that we're neighbors and all....
As for my musicianship, every penny I've made from it has just gone back into it. This year's the first time I'm making my own guitar demo and booking my own shows and selling my own CD's. It could fail quite possibly, but not only am I prepared, I'm in it for the passion. Wednesday, I'm finishing my 4th and final song for the demo, and I've got a plan...

[Herr Logan]

My sculpting "business" .... been doing it since I was 18. I make and sell incense burners, ash trays,etc.... airbrush them, even airbrush vehicles when the work is there... I'm freelance and I post betweeen casting resin and hydrostone cement.... and such the majority of my life is lived at night.
when they're sellable, I deliver them to wholesale companies who order from me in bulk, and I keep the prices low enough for them to continue keeping me busy. Sometimes I sell molds to these manufacturers. I'll sculpt the prototype, they approve it, then I make a mold made out of aluminum based epoxy resin or urethane resins.... they in turn use it as a thermoforming mold for their plastic tubing and make sellable items within the novelty and artwork market. I'm still kept too busy to start my graphic design career. I actually made a "Quicksilver" incense burner for Dew, being that we're neighbors and all....
As for my musicianship, every penny I've made from it has just gone back into it. This year's the first time I'm making my own guitar demo and booking my own shows and selling my own CD's. It could fail quite possibly, but not only am I prepared, I'm in it for the passion. Wednesday, I'm finishing my 4th and final song for the demo, and I've got a plan...

Sounds cool. Must be nice, having no commute to work. :cool:

Hopefully, I'll be able to get together with a friend and get a ride to where my car is. Time to give that thing a good home. I'm also considering giving it a new name, although my sister's name for it (it was actually her car)-- the Shaggin' Wagon-- has possibilities as well.

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

Well, due to faulty planning, I still don't have my car at the moment. I was going to get it tomorrow before or after my fiancee and best friend were going to get some dinner, but we waited too long and I wanted to get back in time to watch that idiotic TV show "Alias" with my woman, so I'm gonna get the car today or so help me, I'll kill someone just to watch him die!

And I know that you people care. I just know it!!

:wolverine

[War Lord]

Congrats Herr on your accomplishment.

Now go get a job.

[Herr Logan]

Congrats Herr on your accomplishment.

Now go get a job.

Thanks, Jonty.

I suppose it will be much easier to get around and collect job applications now. I was hoping to get a summer internship with the Washington D.C. police department, but that probably won't happen, so I'll have to get a sumer job that I hate. Again. At least I won't have to take several buses to do it this time. :cool:

:wolverine

[War Lord]

Thanks, Jonty.

I suppose it will be much easier to get around and collect job applications now. I was hoping to get a summer internship with the Washington D.C. police department, but that probably won't happen, so I'll have to get a sumer job that I hate. Again. At least I won't have to take several buses to do it this time. :cool:

:wolverine

I'd have loved to be a cop, but apparantly the police don't appreciate people who hate cops.

[Herr Logan]

I'd have loved to be a cop, but apparantly the police don't appreciate people who hate cops.

I doubt I'll actually go the distance and become a cop, but I'm interested in the field of law enforcement and an internship like that would be not only a good learning experience but might look good on a resume.

:wolverine

[War Lord]

I doubt I'll actually go the distance and become a cop, but I'm interested in the field of law enforcement and an internship like that would be not only a good learning experience but might look good on a resume.

:wolverine

I hope you get that internship.

[Herr Logan]

I hope you get that internship.

Thanks, man. I do too. It'll save me from having to get an actual job for the time being. :cool:
No, but seriously, my girlfriend's cousin did that internship and had a great time. He even met and talked with the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI about profiling. I've read several books by the guy that created that program and made psychological profiling a tool that's now commonly used in law enforcement and I find it a fascinating subject, so that would be really cool. That may not even happen, and all the field trips and really awesome stuff my girlfriend's cousin did are just extra stuff, but either way, it would be a great opportunity for me.

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

Well, I've got my car at my building now. My driving mentor drove ahead of me to make sure I didn't get lost while bringing the car from my parents' house to my apartment building, since whomever designed the highway transportation system decided it would be funny if they not only gave one highway/road several different names along the course of its length, but they thought it would be extra funny to make the various named sections disjointed and non-linear so that easily confused drivers (:wolverine) could easily stray off their intended route. Along the way, several a$$hole drivers cut in front of me between my own car and my friend directly ahead. Had I not been so focused on keeping on the correct route, I'd have been cursing loud enough to drown out my George Thorogood CD and resolving to follow these bastards until they stopped. During my rookie driver's training, I tended to say "Ooh, that bastard... I think we should follow him to wherever he feels safe" quite a lot.

Yeah, that's right... The streets ain't safe no more! Now I begin my quest to become a competent driver on my own and learn my way around. This ain't gonna be easy, and there may be some casualties, but in the end, it just might be worth it.

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

Last night I went on my first solo driving mission that wasn't just circling my parents' block a few times. It was less than a mile from my apartment, but it was still extremely nerve-wracking, as this entire new chapter in my life has promised to be. I made it to the gas station, drove back home and stopped at a 7-11 on the way home. Mission successful, fatalities zero!

Today I'm driving myself to my brain-fixin' doctor's house, which will take me back along that God damn, stupid, multi-named highway that's just waiting to throw me off onto some other long-ass, heavy-traffic avenue that would take me God-knows-where if I'm not careful. After that, I'm faced with the option of going to meet my girlfriend at her parents' house (in Washington, DC, which I hear tell is a nasty place to drive, in general) and going to dinner with her and a couple of her relatives, or keeping it somewhat possibly simpler and going back home where I can spend some quality time with my PlayStation2 watching some episodes of "Batman: the Animated Series" and playing "Dead to Rights II." Or even worse-- spending some more quality time with you guys! I know how you people are... goin' out and engaging with real, live people on Friday nights, like the fair-weather posters you are...

:wolverine

[Head>On<Collider]

Last night I went on my first solo driving mission that wasn't just circling my parents' block a few times. It was less than a mile from my apartment, but it was still extremely nerve-wracking, as this entire new chapter in my life has promised to be. I made it to the gas station, drove back home and stopped at a 7-11 on the way home. Mission successful, fatalities zero!

Today I'm driving myself to my brain-fixin' doctor's house, which will take me back along that God damn, stupid, multi-named highway that's just waiting to throw me off onto some other long-ass, heavy-traffic avenue that would take me God-knows-where if I'm not careful. After that, I'm faced with the option of going to meet my girlfriend at her parents' house (in Washington, DC, which I hear tell is a nasty place to drive, in general) and going to dinner with her and a couple of her relatives, or keeping it somewhat possibly simpler and going back home where I can spend some quality time with my PlayStation2 watching some episodes of "Batman: the Animated Series" and playing "Dead to Rights II." Or even worse-- spending some more quality time with you guys! I know how you people are... goin' out and engaging with real, live people on Friday nights, like the fair-weather posters you are...

:wolverineWell if the highways within Washington DC are anything like the Interstate 880 (California) that I remember; exiting from the 101 traveling through to Oakland, then stay the hell away. If it's that bad, your chances of survival are slim. Unless they've fixed that freeway (which I doubt considering the ever-condensed traffic status); this is how I remember it:
1) Nowhere to pull over...actually I think you were supposed to pull to the
middle right beside the concrete divider, but there was no room....
2)Narrow lanes
3) Little pieces of car all over the middle where the concrete divider is...... like shattered glass, pieces of headlight, vulcanized rubber, strips of tire, etc.
4) Tire streaks going all the way up and down the center median/divider....
5) Speed of traffic somehow stays up there at 80-90 unless the traffic is uber-compacted and still the drivers are overly anxious to squirm....

I'm sorry if this scares you out of going, but if you're driving as you described, I'd consider a couple more weeks of driving through town and taking the train a few more unhurt times.It's better tobe safe than sorry; plus wrecking your car can ruin your life in many ways :( .. Believe me. I know.......

[Herr Logan]

Well if the highways within Washington DC are anything like the Interstate 880 (California) that I remember; exiting from the 101 traveling through to Oakland, then stay the hell away. If it's that bad, your chances of survival are slim. Unless they've fixed that freeway (which I doubt considering the ever-condensed traffic status); this is how I remember it:
1) Nowhere to pull over...actually I think you were supposed to pull to the
middle right beside the concrete divider, but there was no room....
2)Narrow lanes
3) Little pieces of car all over the middle where the concrete divider is...... like shattered glass, pieces of headlight, vulcanized rubber, strips of tire, etc.
4) Tire streaks going all the way up and down the center median/divider....
5) Speed of traffic somehow stays up there at 80-90 unless the traffic is uber-compacted and still the drivers are overly anxious to squirm....

I'm sorry if this scares you out of going, but if you're driving as you described, I'd consider a couple more weeks of driving through town and taking the train a few more unhurt times.It's better tobe safe than sorry; plus wrecking your car can ruin your life in many ways :( .. Believe me. I know.......

The problem is, I don't live close to a subway station. I'd have to take a bus to get there, and walk to the bus stop to do that. No more! No more will I suffer the indignity of walking and taking the bus like a peasant unless it's truly necessary (like if I was tring to get into downtown DC), especially with the weather getting warmer and eventually hot again. I've let my anxiety take precedence over my laziness for far too long!

:wolverine

[Head>On<Collider]

The problem is, I don't live close to a subway station. I'd have to take a bus to get there, and walk to the bus stop to do that. No more! No more will I suffer the indignity of walking and taking the bus like a peasant unless it's truly necessary (like if I was tring to get into downtown DC), especially with the weather getting warmer and eventually hot again. I've let my anxiety take precedence over my laziness for far too long!

:wolverineYou'll be a regular Steve McQueen in no time. :cool:

[kane9321]

i got my license at 24 its no big deal

[Head>On<Collider]

I could care less. A car is a car.... and I don't %*#$% have one! :( :mad:

[Herr Logan]

You'll be a regular Steve McQueen in no time. :cool:

You know, I think I've only seen one of his movies-- "The Great Escape." But Steve was pretty badass in that movie. Not only did he jump those barb-wire fences with a motorcycle on a diagonal angle, but he could bouce a ball against a wall like nobody's business. I remember laughing at that film almost all the way through, what with he Nazis giving the POWs gardening tools and otherwise running the prison like it were a summer camp.

:wolverine

[The Thing]

If I were you Herr I'd find another car. Do you really want to be sitting in a seat where your sister was "shaggin"?

[Gimpy]

beter then my first solo drive, I went to work and slammed my thumb in the driver side door, and was unable to drive home because I was unable to shift.
Congrads btw, just don't run over peds. you don't get points in real life.

[Herr Logan]

If I were you Herr I'd find another car. Do you really want to be sitting in a seat where your sister was "shaggin"?

You can't do no shaggin' in the driver's seat. And I've got no real indication that she ever really used the car to... to...

For God's sake, as kids we used to drive to the beach for family vacations in that thing! Lizzy, how could you?! :(

:wolverine

[Wolfwood]

Well, folks, I've overcome all but one obstacle in my 9-month quest to become a licensed driver. I got my learner's permit, passed driving school, practiced driving for more than 40 hours with a very competent licensed driver (during which, I only smacked into someone else's car one time), passed my driver's test, got my parents' care gifted and re-titled to myself, and got a parking permit for my apartment building. Now all I need to do is get a ride to my parents' house, get in the car and get it over to my building. Yeah, that's right. :cool:

I am now the legal owner of a 1993 silver Toyota Camry station wagon. What could possibly be more badass than a 12 year-old, silver station wagon passed onto me by my suburbanite parents? At the young, tender age of 23, even?? I'll tell you what-- a newly licensed, 23 year-old driver riding in a 12 year-old silver station wagon with George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" playing on repeat!! In comparison, you feel uncool just reading this, don't you?

Aren't you excited and happy for me? Of course you are! After all I've done for you people, you'd better be. :cool:

:wolverine

What could be more badass? My '83 4WD Toyota Truck with its broken windshield and ugly ass burgundy color. Watch out. :cool:

Congrats though Logan! I know what you mean about the anxiety, I had it for a little bit after I got my license, but after a couple of days you get over it and driving becomes second nature, just like breathing. Unless your like the dumbass who backed into my truck at the parking lot...............................

But that will deffinately not be you, I get the "good driver" vibe off of you. Congrats again and heres to safe driving.


BTW you're 23? For some reason I thought you were in your 30s....

[Herr Logan]

beter then my first solo drive, I went to work and slammed my thumb in the driver side door, and was unable to drive home because I was unable to shift.
Congrads btw, just don't run over peds. you don't get points in real life.

Thanks, Gimpy.

No points? But I thought it was 5 for an adult, 7 for an adult with a dog, 10 for a child and 15 for an elderly person. :(

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

What could be more badass? My '83 4WD Toyota Truck with its broken windshield and ugly ass burgundy color. Watch out. :cool:

Congrats though Logan! I know what you mean about the anxiety, I had it for a little bit after I got my license, but after a couple of days you get over it and driving becomes second nature, just like breathing. Unless your like the dumbass who backed into my truck at the parking lot...............................

But that will deffinately not be you, I get the "good driver" vibe off of you. Congrats again and heres to safe driving.


BTW you're 23? For some reason I thought you were in your 30s....

Thank you kindly, Wolfwood.
"Good driver" vibe? Oh, man... you are an easy mark.

You though I was in my 30's? Naw, that's just my crustiness and bitterness advancing my apparent age. :cool:

:wolverine

[Cullen]

Well, folks, I've overcome all but one obstacle in my 9-month quest to become a licensed driver. I got my learner's permit, passed driving school, practiced driving for more than 40 hours with a very competent licensed driver (during which, I only smacked into someone else's car one time), passed my driver's test, got my parents' care gifted and re-titled to myself, and got a parking permit for my apartment building. Now all I need to do is get a ride to my parents' house, get in the car and get it over to my building. Yeah, that's right. :cool:

I am now the legal owner of a 1993 silver Toyota Camry station wagon. What could possibly be more badass than a 12 year-old, silver station wagon passed onto me by my suburbanite parents? At the young, tender age of 23, even?? I'll tell you what-- a newly licensed, 23 year-old driver riding in a 12 year-old silver station wagon with George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" playing on repeat!! In comparison, you feel uncool just reading this, don't you?

Aren't you excited and happy for me? Of course you are! After all I've done for you people, you'd better be. :cool:

:wolverineI'd mock you for waiting for so long to get your license, except I was a wee bit older than you are when I got mine.

I, of course, kid.

I wasn't a wee bit older; I was a hell of a lot older. But that was my lookout. Okay? :)

Congratulation.

[Herr Logan]

I'd mock you for waiting for so long to get your license, except I was a wee bit older than you are when I got mine.

I, of course, kid.

I wasn't a wee bit older; I was a hell of a lot older. But that was my lookout. Okay? :)

Congratulation.

Thanks, Sullen Cullen. :)

What was your lookout, and what does that mean in your strange, foreign land?

:wolverine

[Holly Goodhead]

youre 23? thats sad...i got my license when i was 16...

[Knightsaber Priss]

I'm just picturing Herr Logan pulling a Thelma & Louise and driving off a cliff as the police and the tax man are chasing him.

[Herr Logan]

youre 23? thats sad...i got my license when i was 16...

And yet they gave it to me anyway, and legally so.

Here's an idea: if people can't either say something kind, entertaining or informative, they should feel free to keep on walkin'.

:wolverine

:up:

[Herr Logan]

I'm just picturing Herr Logan pulling a Thelma & Louise and driving off a cliff as the police and the tax man are chasing him.

Sounds awesome. :)

By the way, the title of this thread is a line from a song by The Who, "Going Mobile," for those that didn't know.

:wolverine

[Holly Goodhead]

:up:

well if you cant accept other peoples opinions then dont start threads?

[Cullen]

Thanks, Sullen Cullen. :)

What was your lookout, and what does that mean in your strange, foreign land?

:wolverineI was nervous about operating such a large vechile at such speeds. Still am, really.

I've been driving for about four years now and haven't killed any more than I did on my bike. So I might have been obsessing too much. :p

[SpideyInATree]

People who get their drivers license in their early to mid 20's are smart.

Why?

Because I got mine when I was 17 and guess what happens? Your friends without licenses call you up for rides and you become a free taxi service. :p

But congratulations. And it is very nerving. I'm sure you heard this advice before but drive as much as possible. The more you drive the more experience you gain as a driver. Eventually you won't think anything of it and you'll be driving like you're king of the road.

I've been driving for 7 years now and, honestly, I'm tired of driving. I enjoy walking to certain places now. Good exercise and I don't have to put up with the other idiots on the road.

That's another thing...watch that road rage. I've seen some of the nicest people in the world become raving maniacs behind the wheel. It's like Jekyl and Hyde.

[Herr Logan]

well if you cant accept other peoples opinions then dont start threads?

Was it not clear to you that I'm fully aware of how sad the situation is? I kind of expected that anyone who was truly interested in posting here would have actually read the first post and understood that any shallow "that's a bit late, isn't it?" statements have already been taken into consideration and aren't worth mentioning. Even if that was something worth posting, it's been said already.

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

People who get their drivers license in their early to mid 20's are smart.

Why?

Because I got mine when I was 17 and guess what happens? Your friends without licenses call you up for rides and you become a free taxi service. :p

But congratulations. And it is very nerving. I'm sure you heard this advice before but drive as much as possible. The more you drive the more experience you gain as a driver. Eventually you won't think anything of it and you'll be driving like you're king of the road.

I've been driving for 7 years now and, honestly, I'm tired of driving. I enjoy walking to certain places now. Good exercise and I don't have to put up with the other idiots on the road.

That's another thing...watch that road rage. I've seen some of the nicest people in the world become raving maniacs behind the wheel. It's like Jekyl and Hyde.

Road rage? Aw, that's something I'd certainly never have to worry about. ;)

I did a lot of driving today. I drove to the movie theater to meet my girlfriend and we saw "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," then we drove in our respective cars to the grocery story, and then I spent about an hour or so driving around with the groceries in the rain, trying to find my way home. I'm not very good about getting around on my own in terms of geography and direction. I get lost very, very easily. So I took the wrong exit on the Beltway and ended up about 12 miles out of my way. My girlfriend talked me through the way back home on my cell phone and eventually I got back. It was raining pretty hard and I was very close to freaking out entirely. Just when I was really getting to like driving, this happens. Well, I've got to get me some really good maps, and not just the driving directions I always get off of Yahoo. I also need a club so my beautiful, somewhat dented, 12 year-old station wagon doesn't get stolen. I also need to get a GPS system. Not just for in the car, but for getting around on foot. Stupid lousy sense of direction...

:wolverine

[Holly Goodhead]

Was it not clear to you that I'm fully aware of how sad the situation is? I kind of expected that anyone who was truly interested in posting here would have actually read the first post and understood that any shallow "that's a bit late, isn't it?" statements have already been taken into consideration and aren't worth mentioning. Even if that was something worth posting, it's been said already.

:wolverine

http://www.matt-d.com/ghetto/crybaby.jpg

[Herr Logan]

http://www.matt-d.com/ghetto/crybaby.jpg

See, the thing that really hurts is that you didn't put any thought into trying to insult me, this time or before. That's kind of what I was talking about when I said "entertaining." If you're going to be an attention whore in someone else's attention whore thread, the least you can be is put some effort into it.

:wolverine

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

Congrats, Logan! Want to hear something sad? In September, I will have had my liscence for 23 years.:(
If you ever drive that beatiful station wagon (which I assume you've already dubbed "The Silver Surfer") through Oklahoma, look me up. We'll drink and shoot guns!

[Knightsaber Priss]

http://www.matt-d.com/ghetto/crybaby.jpg

Oh haahahhahahahhahahahah!!!!! :D

[Herr Logan]

Congrats, Logan! Want to hear something sad? In September, I will have had my liscence for 23 years.:(
If you ever drive that beatiful station wagon (which I assume you've already dubbed "The Silver Surfer") through Oklahoma, look me up. We'll drink and shoot guns!

I don't shoot guns. I shoot people. :mad:

;)

Silver Surfer, eh? I think that's a damn good replacement for "Shaggin' Wagon!" :up:

:wolverine

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

I made no mention at what (or whom) we would be shooting for legal reasons.

[Dr.Fear]

dont worry herr logan, i got my permit 3 months after turning 18 and i still dont have my license.

[Herr Logan]

I made no mention at what (or whom) we would be shooting for legal reasons.

Wise as well as ruthless. :o :up:

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

dont worry herr logan, i got my permit 3 months after turning 18 and i still dont have my license.

If you're almost 20 now, your permit must have expired, right?

:wolverine

[Dr.Fear]

If you're almost 20 now, your permit must have expired, right?

:wolverine

nah expires in 5 more years biatch my state is better then urs. i lve in fl btw

[Herr Logan]

nah expires in 5 more years biatch my state is better then urs. i lve in fl btw

Ah, okay. In Maryland, a learner's permit lasts for a year, and you can't get your license until four months after you get the permit. You also have to take two weeks of driver's ed and log 40 hours of driving with a licensed driver over 21. A lot of people just cheat on that one. Me, I needed the practice. Still do.

:wolverine

[Dr.Fear]

how much did that cost ya

[Herr Logan]

how much did that cost ya

For what? The permit, license, driving school and driving mentor? I forget everything but the permit ($50) and paying my friend to drive with me ($10 per hour). Of course, this wasn't my money being spent, you understand?

:wolverine

[Dr.Fear]

For what? The permit, license, driving school and driving mentor? I forget everything but the permit ($50) and paying my friend to drive with me ($10 per hour). Of course, this wasn't my money being spent, you understand?

:wolverine

spending ur parents money?

[Herr Logan]

spending ur parents money?

Considering I'm still in college with no job, yeah.

:wolverine

[Cullen]

Considering I'm still in college with no job, yeah.

:wolverine
I had something to say
but senility took it away
Oh what a day
But that's okay

[Herr Logan]

I had something to say
but senility took it away
Oh what a day
But that's okay

What the... that's not what your post said before I clicked the "quote" button!! :eek:

Playin' games with me like that ain't a good idea, old man. I get 15 points for each geriatric pedestrian that gets bumper-smacked! :mad:

:wolverine

[Cullen]

What the... that's not what your post said before I clicked the "quote" button!! :eek:

Playin' games with me like that ain't a good idea, old man. I get 15 points for each geriatric pedestrian that gets bumper-smacked! :mad:

:wolverineAnd I would deserve it too... sorry about that. It was a case of "Now that's not as funny as when I wrote it." I had hope to catch it before anyone saw it... Old age has slooooown meeeeeee doooooown.

Which just makes running me down all the easier. :)

[Herr Logan]

And I would deserve it too... sorry about that. It was a case of "Now that's not as funny as when I wrote it." I had hope to catch it before anyone saw it... Old age has slooooown meeeeeee doooooown.

Which just makes running me down all the easier. :)

I'd only get 7 points extra for backing over you after I run you down the first time, but that's still worth it. :)

:wolverine

[Holly Goodhead]

lets go for a ride Herr

[Hunter Rider]

congrats herr,fight the power:venom: :up:

[Herr Logan]

lets go for a ride Herr

Sure thing, Princess. Just hope I don't get lost in the woods (again) while you're in the car. The other day I had plenty of groceries. This time, you'd be the only sustenance available. :)

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

congrats herr,fight the power:venom: :up:

Thanks, Hunter. :cool:

Consider it fought. :up:

:wolverine

[Holly Goodhead]

Sure thing, Princess. Just hope I don't get lost in the woods (again) while you're in the car. The other day I had plenty of groceries. This time, you'd be the only sustenance available. :)

:wolverine

i hope its stick shift

[Herr Logan]

i hope its stick shift

It sure as hell isn't, but you can still shift the stick anyway, darlin'.

:wolverine

[Head>On<Collider]

Road rage? Aw, that's something I'd certainly never have to worry about. ;)

I did a lot of driving today. I drove to the movie theater to meet my girlfriend and we saw "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," then we drove in our respective cars to the grocery story, and then I spent about an hour or so driving around with the groceries in the rain, trying to find my way home. I'm not very good about getting around on my own in terms of geography and direction. I get lost very, very easily. So I took the wrong exit on the Beltway and ended up about 12 miles out of my way. My girlfriend talked me through the way back home on my cell phone and eventually I got back. It was raining pretty hard and I was very close to freaking out entirely. Just when I was really getting to like driving, this happens. Well, I've got to get me some really good maps, and not just the driving directions I always get off of Yahoo. I also need a club so my beautiful, somewhat dented, 12 year-old station wagon doesn't get stolen. I also need to get a GPS system. Not just for in the car, but for getting around on foot. Stupid lousy sense of direction...

:wolverine
ATTENTION ALL CELL PHONE ADVERTIZERS
you too can reach this prime demographic!
:D:up:

[Holly Goodhead]

It sure as hell isn't, but you can still shift the stick anyway, darlin'.

:wolverine

well you better buckle in, im a fast driver

[Herr Logan]

[/center]
ATTENTION ALL CELL PHONE ADVERTIZERS
you too can reach this prime demographic!
:D:up:


Damn right. I'm one fine piece o' demographic right here. :cool:

You know, I had intended not to answer or use my cell phone while in the car unless it was an emergency, or at least until I was comfortable with driving. I was weaving on the road quite a bit while my woman was helping me find my way back to the path of the righteous. I can't find that God damn earpiece that came with my phone. I hope I don't have to buy one. Then again, I can just take my free-loading, college boy hand and reach for my dad's credit card and make things right with the world again.

:wolverine

[Cullen]

I'd only get 7 points extra for backing over you after I run you down the first time, but that's still worth it. :)

:wolverineIf I had a dollar for ever time someone said that to me...

[Herr Logan]

If I had a dollar for ever time someone said that to me...

You could buy me a new car??

:wolverine

[Head>On<Collider]

Damn right. I'm one fine piece o' demographic right here. :cool:

You know, I had intended not to answer or use my cell phone while in the car unless it was an emergency, or at least until I was comfortable with driving. I was weaving on the road quite a bit while my woman was helping me find my way back to the path of the righteous. I can't find that God damn earpiece that came with my phone. I hope I don't have to buy one. Then again, I can just take my free-loading, college boy hand and reach for my dad's credit card and make things right with the world again.

:wolverine:o just don't let any of those human vultures driving those tow trucks see you using that card.... They're usually well networked...:(

[Herr Logan]

:o just don't let any of those human vultures driving those tow trucks see you using that card.... They're usually well networked...:(

My woman got her car towed a few weeks ago. We had to take the Metrorail and get a cab to get it back, and we actually shared a cab with a couple who'd gotten their car towed from the same lot. While my girlfriend had parked her car in a small, nearly empty parking lot and just walked away without buying anything at the shoe store or Smoothy King (the only two stores the lot was legally good for), this other couple actually came into the shoe store and intended to go back to buy something. Their towing report claimed it was towed at 11:00am, when they hadn't even arrived until 12:30pm, and when they asked to see the original record, I knew the towing people would say "no." They might sue, and I hope those vultures get "vultched" themselves.

:wolverine

[Head>On<Collider]

My woman got her car towed a few weeks ago. We had to take the Metrorail and get a cab to get it back, and we actually shared a cab with a couple who'd gotten their car towed from the same lot. While my girlfriend had parked her car in a small, nearly empty parking lot and just walked away without buying anything at the shoe store or Smoothy King (the only two stores the lot was legally good for), this other couple actually came into the shoe store and intended to go back to buy something. Their towing report claimed it was towed at 11:00am, when they hadn't even arrived until 12:30pm, and when they asked to see the original record, I knew the towing people would say "no." They might sue, and I hope those vultures get "vultched" themselves.

:wolverineOh yeah, it never has, does not, nor ever will matter what town you're in, or what part of the country you're in, they're all the same. Even more predictable than all the traffic "ticket masters"..... :mad:
:( Human weasels I tell you! The only thing that makes them remotely human is the fact that they do their extortioning out in the open while everyone else does it behind smiles, legal jargon, and the use of the words, "We as a company go by the following policies....." ....not that they have any excuse, it's just that it makes them just a little more above swine... :o

[Herr Logan]

Oh yeah, it never has, does not, nor ever will matter what town you're in, or what part of the country you're in, they're all the same. Even more predictable than all the traffic "ticket masters"..... :mad:
:( Human weasels I tell you! The only thing that makes them remotely human is the fact that they do their extortioning out in the open while everyone else does it behind smiles, legal jargon, and the use of the words, "We as a company go by the following policies....." ....not that they have any excuse, it's just that it makes them just a little more above swine... :o

The thing about legal weaselry is, it works both ways. I don't think the couple I talked about before actually said anything at the impound building about a lawsuit, but just the mention of a lawsuit from a person who'd been wronged in Bethesda, MD scares most people.

:wolverine

[Head>On<Collider]

The thing about legal weaselry is, it works both ways. I don't think the couple I talked about before actually said anything at the impound building about a lawsuit, but just the mention of a lawsuit from a person who'd been wronged in Bethesda, MD scares most people.

:wolverineLike they say, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE!!!! < (from an old Metallica song.....)

[snazzy J]

Congrats, Herr. If all goes according to plan, I too should have my license by the end of the year.

[Herr Logan]

Congrats, Herr. If all goes according to plan, I too should have my license by the end of the year.

Kick ass, Snazzy. :up:

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

Anybody else here been stalked on AIM by immature, trolling cowards before? I just had a Hype user under the AIM screenname of Porkus64 attempt to "educate" me and order me about. Anyone else either talk to this guy or had a similar experience? I was just really disappointed when the little smegmalith turned tail and run rather than tell me their Hype name and level with me about whatever problem he had with me. I hate it when cognitive midgets with no spine bite off more than they can chew with me and don't even let me know what motivated them to pester me in the first place.

:wolverine

[Captivated]

Ha! Herr Logan, got curious about the link on your sig (slooow day), and was surprised to be so entertained by this silly little thread. (I so rarely leave the comics section.) Congrats, my man!

I'm not surprised, with the amount of mass transit in some of those densely populated northeastern cities, that people are able to put off learning to drive. Take Spider-man for example... You're in good company.

Me, I got my license at sweet 16... in Southern California, baby! Yea, it was like being tossed in a lake and told to swim. We hit the freeways on day 3 of drivers ed. Now that was crazy! And yes, I was scared to death, but it was sink or swim.

It's strange... I'm pretty old fashioned, sometimes shy, and fairly girly girl, but there are contradictions... I like Spider-man, I'm a natural on a horse, and I now drive like a bat outta hell!

I sympathize with you though... learning to drive AND trying to navigate a big confusing freeway system. And don't the lanes seem so NARROW when your the one behind the wheel? But, you'll soon get the hang of it.

Be careful and keep us posted... "posted," get it. :)

[Herr Logan]

Ha! Herr Logan, got curious about the link on your sig (slooow day), and was surprised to be so entertained by this silly little thread. (I so rarely leave the comics section.) Congrats, my man!

I'm not surprised, with the amount of mass transit in some of those densely populated northeastern cities, that people are able to put off learning to drive. Take Spider-man for example... You're in good company.

Me, I got my license at sweet 16... in Southern California, baby! Yea, it was like being tossed in a lake and told to swim. We hit the freeways on day 3 of drivers ed. Now that was crazy! And yes, I was scared to death, but it was sink or swim.

It's strange... I'm pretty old fashioned, sometime shy, and fairly girly girl, but there are contradictions... I like Spider-man, I'm a natural on a horse, and I now drive like a bat outta hell!

I sympathize with you though... learning to drive AND trying to navigate a big confusing freeway system. And don't the lanes seem so NARROW when your the one driving. But, you'll soon get the hang of it.

Be careful and keep us posted... "posted," get it. :)

*falls out of chair laughing*

Yep, I get it. ;) :D

Thanks for showing up, Captivated. Apparently the celebration of a 23 year-old getting his driver's license and ownership of a 12 year-old station wagon isn't everybody's idea of a good time. Bastards. :o

:wolverine

[Captivated]

Well, you haven't KNOWN excitement till you've driven a 10 year old Honda Accord... I've thought about getting a new one, but, actually, REAL excitement is any car that's PAID for!

Your honesty about your anxiety was charming... It's been more than a week, any progress?

[Herr Logan]

Well, you haven't KNOWN excitement till you've driven a 10 year old Honda Accord... I've thought about getting a new one, but, actually, REAL excitement is any car that's PAID for!

Your honesty about your anxiety was charming... It's been more than a week, any progress?

Charming? :(

I got lost in the woods in the rain several miles away from my intended destination (home) a week or two ago, and I haven't done much driving since. I've also been sick. Today I've venturing out again, and I don't expect there will be any problems, since I'm pretty much well again and have made this trip successfully before.

:wolverine

[Captivated]

Hey, not to worry, your rep as a surly, critical bastard is still intack. :cool:

Just saying, your unpretentious honesty about your struggles was refreshing...

unpretentious -- (lacking pretension or affectation; honest, modest, unpompous

honest -- (without pretensions)

honest, veracious -- (habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness")

honest -- (marked by truth; "gave honest answers")

charming -- (pleasing or delighting) ;)

endear -- (make attractive or lovable; "This behavior endeared him to me")

adorable, endearing, lovely -- (lovable especially in a childlike or naive way)

[Herr Logan]

Hey, not to worry, your rep as a surly, critical bastard is still intack. :cool:

Just saying, your unpretentious honesty about your struggles was refreshing...

unpretentious -- (lacking pretension or affectation; honest, modest, unpompous

honest -- (without pretensions)

honest, veracious -- (habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness")

honest -- (marked by truth; "gave honest answers")

charming -- (pleasing or delighting) ;)

endear -- (make attractive or lovable; "This behavior endeared him to me")

adorable, endearing, lovely -- (lovable especially in a childlike or naive way)

Thanks for the clarification.

I especially love that last one. :mad:

:wolverine

[Nezumi_Kisaki]

Nice to know I'm not the only person who has a huge vocab.

Congrats!

[Captivated]

Thanks for the clarification.

I especially love that last one. :mad:

:wolverine
Sorry Herr, my age is showing... I AM old enough to be... your MUCH older sister (yea, that's it).

[Herr Logan]

Sorry Herr, my age is showing... I AM old enough to be... your MUCH older sister (yea, that's it).

Condescending, much older sister.

:wolverine

[Captivated]

Condescending, much older sister.

:wolverine
:confused: I meant it as a compliment... but, I'll just toddle back to the comic boards now...

[Herr Logan]

Nice to know I'm not the only person who has a huge vocab.

Congrats!

You call that a huge vocabulary?

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

:confused: I meant it as a compliment... but, I'll just toddle back to the comic boards now...

Well hell, I can't tell if you mean it as a compliment or not when you throw out words like "naive" and "childlike." Also, "adorable" is one of my favorite words when I get condescending with people.

Yeah, I'm upfront about my problems with anxiety and depression because I don't see any need to hide them. I don't need to pretend I'm something I'm not. If that makes me naive, it's news to me.

:wolverine

[Captivated]

Well hell, I can't tell if you mean it as a compliment or not when you throw out words like "naive" and "childlike." Also, "adorable" is one of my favorite words when I get condescending with people.

Yeah, I'm upfront about my problems with anxiety and depression because I don't see any need to hide them. I don't need to pretend I'm something I'm not. If that makes me naive, it's news to me.

:wolverine
Stand down soldier... I was just trying to put "charming" in context, remember... Consider the source... Why would I be trying to insult you? (You know I find you to be one of the more articulate, creative and entertaining folks at the Hype.)

I wasn't calling you naive,* it just happend to be part of the definition of another word. And childlike is not "childish." I'll have to cut and paste more carefully in the future... especially now that I see you're obviously a little shell shocked from "board battles." Context is everything... try to read it in context...

Friends again? :cool:

*1. naive (as used to define endearing) -- marked by or showing unaffected, sincere and genuine simplicity; lack of guile (this is a good thing).

[The Spawn]

The first car I got was a 1980 Pontiac Firebird...those were the days...

[Herr Logan]

Stand down soldier... I was just trying to put "charming" in context, remember... Consider the source... Why would I be trying to insult you? (You know I find you to be one of the more articulate, creative and entertaining folks at the Hype.)

I wasn't calling you naive,* it just happend to be part of the definition of another word. And childlike is not "childish." I'll have to cut and paste more carefully in the future... especially now that I see you're obviously a little shell shocked from "board battles." Context is everything... try to read it in context...

Friends again? :cool:

*1. naive (as used to define endearing) -- marked by or showing unaffected, sincere and genuine simplicity; lack of guile (this is a good thing).

Sorry for being defensive, Cap. I appreciate that. Friends again. :cool:

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

I just remembered that I'd opened this thread after I finally got my driver's license and ownership of that car. So much for that. :(

A little while ago, my car was pronounced totaled. It's a Toyota Camry station wagon that's 13 years old, has some body damage, and is worth all of $1500.

It needs $2700 worth of work to be considered drivable again.

Sure, my live-in girlfriend has a car, I've got a spare key, and I've driven it before, but after what I did to the underside of my car (the reason it needs such expensive repairs), I'm scared to drive it.

I'm a freakin' pedestrian again. The only thing more distressing than that right now is the fact that I'm taking a 6-week condensed version of Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice over the summer-- a class I had to withdraw from a year ago to avoid failing. I suck at math. So now I have to take public transportation again after knowing the terrors and joys of driving, just to get to a class that threatens my academic career.

Just thought this once-hopeful story needed its inevitable, gloomy ending. Carry on.

:wolverine

[Wolfwood]

What in the world did you do to the underside? :confused:

[Herr Logan]

What in the world did you do to the underside? :confused:

Ran over a couple o' curbs. Messed up the front end real bad (axel, the thing that covers the axel, engine mount, the exhaust system). :o

:wolverine

[Harlekin]

Man, I was hoping for a The Who thread. :(

[Herr Logan]

Man, I was hoping for a The Who thread. :(

So was I. :(

:wolverine

[Wolfwood]

Ran over a couple o' curbs. Messed up the front end real bad (axel, the thing that covers the axel, engine mount, the exhaust system). :o

:wolverine

Wow...I guess I ran over the curb a few times too when I started driving, luckily I had a big truck so it didn't matter much. Maybe that would suit you better, sure there'd be a better chance of more property damage, but atleast your truck could take it. :up:

[Drakon]

If we ever meet, we're taking the bus. ;)

[Abaddon]

Caca happens.

[Herr Logan]

Wow...I guess I ran over the curb a few times too when I started driving, luckily I had a big truck so it didn't matter much. Maybe that would suit you better, sure there'd be a better chance of more property damage, but atleast your truck could take it. :up:

I have very poor aptitude for spacial relationship perception (one reason I waited so long to get my license in the first place, and why I hit that last curb), so I don't want to try to drive anything bigger than a station wagon.

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

If we ever meet, we're taking the bus. ;)

I'm not saying my travel-related troubles are worse than yours, man. It's just that getting my license, getting good enough at driving so that some of it becomes reflexive and not running the car into something most of the time-- that was a real victory for me.

:wolverine

[SpideyInATree]

This is the perfect moment for Nelson from the Simpsons to walk in.

HA HA!! :)

[Drakon]

I'm not saying my travel-related troubles are worse than yours, man. It's just that getting my license, getting good enough at driving so that some of it becomes reflexive and not running the car into something most of the time-- that was a real victory for me.

:wolverine

No, I was just teasing since we're both pedestrians again.

[Herr Logan]

No, I was just teasing since we're both pedestrians again.

I'm gonna sit in the elderly section, just outta spite. :up:

:wolverine

[ookami]

Logan, all you need now is a chick in the passenger seat, ready at will to go down below when ever you come to a stop sign.

Well I know how yer girl is Logan and ya know I'm game once ya get back in the driver's seat.:eek: (tell ya girl I said hey):p ;)

How the hell ya been man?, where ya been?, hiding in the woods of Canada again:) Glad t' see ya back.

[Wolfwood]

I have very poor aptitude for spacial relationship perception (one reason I waited so long to get my license in the first place, and why I hit that last curb), so I don't want to try to drive anything bigger than a station wagon.

:wolverine

I have the same problem when it comes to parking, which is why I always park my truck towards the back of most parking lots. :o

[Herr Logan]

Well I know how yer girl is Logan and ya know I'm game once ya get back in the driver's seat.:eek: (tell ya girl I said hey):p ;)

I don't think I'll be telling my girl anything about this exchange whatsoever, you dirty, dirty girl... ;)

How the hell ya been man?, where ya been?, hiding in the woods of Canada again:) Glad t' see ya back.

I've been depressed and anxious, as usual, and more so than usual once I knew I was no longer self-reliant with regard to efficient travelling.
How the hell you been?

By the way, I've been here on the Hype consistently for a good while now, mainly monitoring and adding to my brainstorming threads, which I spread out into various forums recently. I haven't spoken up much in the Community forums for a while, but I've been here.

:wolverine

[Herr Logan]

I have the same problem when it comes to parking, which is why I always park my truck towards the back of most parking lots. :o
I've been relatively successful with parking in that I haven't caused any damage in the process thereof. It's still intimidating as hell, though.

In order to decrease the chance of mishaps, I always try (tried, rather... *sniffle*) to park my car in the "getaway" postion; you know, front facing out of the space. I only did that by moving forward into a space through an empty space on the opposite side, as I was never confident about backing into anything.





Okay, boys and girls, it's time for Herr Logan's long-winded, superfluous story time!

Here's what I've done to my car side I've had it:

I ran into another car at an angle on a very busy and crowded street. This was while I only had a learner's permit and was still practicing my requisite number of supervised driving (and, yeah, I did the full 40 not to keep The Man happy, but because I really did need it, and more, even). It was a significant dent on the front/right corner for me and little more than a scratch on the rear/left corner for the lady I hit. My dad paid her off to avoid a legal hassle and so the insurance rate wouldn't change.

Sometime in the past year or so, I drove my car out of my previous apartment complex, not knowing that some bottom-feeding smegmalith had stolen one of my hubcaps and that my tire had gone flat until already went out on the street and down a very steep hill. I pulled into a nearby parking lot to take a look at the the wheel. Did I call my father, who probably knows best what to do (since he's a lot older, paying for the insurance and AAA, and had that car for 13 years already)? No. Or maybe yes and he didn't answer and I didn't leave a message... I don't rememeber. My parents are scary, volatile people(I mean, look at what he produced! Go on, check my earliest posts... that's the product of living with crazy people for 20 years), and I try to avoid confrontations and recriminations any way I can (if they push me into a corner, metaphorically speaking, it gets pretty scary for everyone involved), and that's why I let so many things go unchecked. Anyway, I called my girlfriend and told her I was in a parking lot not too far from the building and my tire was flat. She said I could probably make it back to a safe spot in front of our building even with the flat. So I tried to go back up that steep hill, with a flat tire and no hubcap. When the car stalled about halfway up, on account of the tire being worthless, I gunned the engine. Lo and behold, a huge cloud of burned rubber vapor arose from the front/right corner. The smell was ungodly. I knew I was screwed, but did I stop, put the emergency brake and hazard lights on and call my dad again? No, I kept gunning it until I went up the hill, unsteady and with a different noise than the flat tire made. As I pulled into the parking lot, a woman was pulling out, and she had a look of horror and incredulity on her face as she stared at me. Right behind her was the Good Humor ice cream truck, the driver of which had the exact same look on his face. I pulled into a space and got out to curvey the damage. Sure enough, the tire was gone, and the rim, though not horrendously misshapen, was not quite a smooth circle. It needed to be replaced, I needed a new tire, and I needed a reallignment. Also new brake pads, but I don't think that was my fault; it's an old car and it was just due for new brakes.
With due credit to my girlfriend (who is very, very smart), she thought I had said I was in the parking lot in front of our building, and she had meant that I could just put it back in one of the spaces. Stupid God damn cell phone!

Some weeks later, I scratched the paint on the doors while trying to maneuver around a gas station.

A few months ago, I ran over one of those cement bars they use to divide conjoined rows of parking spaces in my assignment campus parking lot, trying to park "getaway" style. It was nearabout the ass crack of dawn, and the sun's cruel light was being diffused through my dirty windshield, and I honestly just didn't see that there was a a curb-bar-thingy. I don't remember exactly how far I'd gone over the bar, which may or may not have damaged something already (this was the first of several run-ins between the underside of my car and concrete), but I went ahead and backed my front wheels back over it again, which, again, may or may not have damaged something.

Later that same week, or possibly just a minute or two after the last incident, or possibly even before the last incident (I've got serious problems with my memory), I ran into a curb peninsula in the same parking lot, again because the sun was in my eyes. That time I know it damaged the car. This black piece of rubber or plastic came off. I mentioned this to my shrink, my girlfriend, and my friend who taught me how to drive over the course of 40 hours about this. Didn't say a word to my parents, didn't seek real help. I think this is called an "axel boot," because that's one thing that needs to be fixed according to the mechanics who diagnosed this poor bastard of a car.

A couple months later, I ran over the rounded corner of a curb trying to get out of yet another parking lot that was near my university. The front wheels went all the way up and over it. This was not just a little bitty bar-- my car was actually straddling a big chunk of curb, and that's only if my rear wheels didn't get up on the curb as well, which I can't remember. What did I do? I backed up over it again. Bang... bang! I honestly couldn't tell if the allignment was messed up again or not, because heightened anxiety makes me feels things at different intensities. I called my parents that night and told them. My dad asked if the thing drove okay at a fast speed. I took the Beltway home at 60 mph, so that's a big yes. Okay, not so worried anymore. Get it checked out when you can, he says.

Months later, I'm way overdue for an oil change, I still haven't had any professionals look at my car, and it sounds like a racing vehicle. I know I didn't supe up that engine. My dad says it's the muffler, and that's not a big deal, but for God's sake, get a friggin' oil change!

About a month or so ago, I take this undead car to a nearby service center. They claimed it needed a complete new exhaust system (not just the muffler), some axel boots, and a new transmission, for a total of $3000, which is twice what the car is worth. They said the transmission was shot and the car wouldn't go over 40 mph. I know that's not true, since I drove it that fast for a little bit on the way to and from the service station. My father was right; that guy was a lying sum'***** about something, at least, and I no longer feel sorry for him that my dad ripped him a new one over the phone. He's good at that. We needed a second opinion.

About a week ago, I took the car to a place where my girlfriend's family always goes and trusts.
I had them check the whole front end, the exhaust system, the alignment and the transmission, and here's the description on the inspection bill:
Lube Oil & Filter, do the chk over 1st
Major Service, good look over reccomend service. The belts need replaced, the front struts and tops need replaced. The front flex pipe needs replaced. Sll of the fluids need changed. The left rack boot needs replaced. The front and rear lens need replaced. The right outer c/v boot needs replaced. Needs aligned. The wiper blades need replaced.

There isn't a God damn thing wrong with the transmission (other than the fact that it would likely give out before a brand new one would), but it's still a lost cause, since the cost would be $2700. My dad says it needs a new "engine mount," or the engine could fall right out of the car, so it's not safe to use, even if it does drive okay (aside from the noise).


I know none of you care about any of that. For some reason, I can't sleep, so I figured I'd try to bore myself to sleep with stupid, car-related anecdotes. Thanks for reading. God bless us, everyone, and to hell with those God damn, heartless, evil, heathen CURBS!!

:wolverine