Currently listening to AC/DC’s Back in Black album. ?
@matigo It will become even more comfortable after I have adjusted the ”cockpit” properly. I have driven it on pretty good roads and on some stretches that were not in that great shape. So far no complaints. Let’s see how it will feel when we drive longer distances.
But if I remember correctly, I drove an older model of the same car couple of years ago when we rented a 7-seater for a week. That would suggest that it should not suffer from any major problems.
@larand I won’t be driving to work, I get there more easily using public transport. Also, parking would cost me a kidney if I would drive to work. But, we will most likely drive to hobbies (floorball, gym) and to the grocery store from now on. However, that would not make me drive as much as you do. ?
We got the car to ourselves today. The salesman gave us brand new tires, as the ones it had were pretty slick already, and they installed them, for free. That’s why there was this 2-day wait.
I took the kids for a short-ish drive in the afternoon. Let’s see how often we end up using the car in the end.
@tewha Yeah, I will go and change the battery later this summer or early fall. The device might be used as a testing device, so it would be nice if it would not be a total brick. Alternatively, if I can purchase it to myself (it is owned by the company) it will be passed on to my older daughter1. It would be nice if she could actually use it, should that scenario play out.
// @sumudu
Whose 5s will be then passed to our older son whose 5 will be given to the younger son.
The battery of my iPhone 6s is dying. Yesterday, the phone turned off even though there was, supposedly, 20% of charge left. On the other hand, it has been in active use for almost 3 years. No wonder its battery is in that condition. I will get a new phone from work later this year, maybe this one will last until then.
Speaking of new equipment, I will get a new laptop too in late August or early September. I think I need to look at the available options after my vacation.
Now that I am on vacation my internal calendar has gone crazy. For some reason I seem to think that every day is Friday.
Now I can also admit that I really needed this vacation. Looking back to the past few months I can clearly see some symptoms of burnout. Now I need to just relax and enjoy my time away from work.
@larand We don’t own this house, but yeah… Nevertheless, we managed to cope without a car for quite a long time.1 The public transport here works pretty well, and we have lived near a stop pretty much always. Now that we moved a bit further away from the stops in November and there was a major shake-up in the public transport routes and scheduled in this area, the need for a car became big enough.
Many buy their first car when they get their first child. Our firstborn is almost 12.
Today’s test drive (Opel Zafira) was a lot better than yesterday. The car was newer (2011 vs. 2009), it had been driven more (120,000 km vs. 9,500 km), and it had manual transmission while yesterday’s car had automatic.
Based on the driving experience and the knowledge that there aren’t many 7-seaters available within the budget constraint we are having, we decided to buy this car. So, now I am officially owning my first car. Does that make me an adult now?
// @larand