self-portraits of someone who hates self-portraits

Feb 27, 2010

In which we spend our afternoon shopping for vehicles we can't justify and don't really need

This afternoon Randall and I ended up at the scooter shop. We were
actually going to the mini dealer, but when we got there the power was
out. So we said we'd come back later and went helmet shopping instead.
After 10 years of "not getting around to it", Randall and I are
finally taking the moto class and getting our moto licenses. Wait, you
might be thinking to yourself, don't you already drive a moped? Well,
yes I do (hence the reason I didn't need to helmet shop), but let's
just say it might not have been 100% legit.

I thought about going home with a cherry red Vespa 150, but Randall
says we should do some pricing research first.

And yes, he bought an orang helmet. He liked the shoei the best and
they had it in stock in orange, black, or yellow. I would've gone
black, but he went orange.

Afterwards we headed back to the mini dealership where I testdrove the
convertible. While I've been in convertibles, I don't think I'd ever
driven one before.

It was fun.

I don't know if were going to get it though. Personally I drive once
every three weeks, so I'm going to defer to r on this one. To be 100%
honest, I'm surprised he didn't already come home with one. I can't
say I would be upset if he did.

Ps. After all this shopping and driving we made a quick stop at
costco. This was mostly so Randall could check out one more vehicle:
the cart that he rides down the long ramp.


posted by
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 10:33pm

dudes, I went to Costco for the first time ever today. it was absurd!


posted by
Sun, 02/28/2010 - 8:25am

The orange suits R!

(Get the Vespa.)


posted by
Sun, 02/28/2010 - 7:04pm

Minis are cool and all, but Smartcar = parking win!


posted by
Sun, 02/28/2010 - 8:18pm

@kimretta - wait, ever ever? you'd never been to a costco before??

@bella - yes the orange does suit him. only i'm sure now he'll get some color wheels that completely clash, because well, that would suit him also.

@lydiat - we thought it about, but we're the official wheels of samshrew/chris/sushidog family and the smart is only a 2seater.


posted by
Sun, 02/28/2010 - 11:31pm

hi. orange is smart, highly visible, safe... also, i think juju has orange shoei. they can start a gang. also... convertibles are nice, but they are mostly nice on sunny days. the rest of the time, there's just a lot less visibility, and security concerns. then again, maybe that's just jealousy talking. Eye-wink


posted by
Mon, 03/01/2010 - 12:22am

nope, I'd never ever ever been to a Costco. Sam's, yes. But never Costco. It was about like I pictured it, but with even more people.


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