Wheels

J's truck failed its inspection a week or so ago. We checked into keeping it registered as a farm vehicle but our mechanic told us it couldn't pass the partial inspection either, and that it wasn't safe to keep on the road. The frame is rusted through and he makes it seem like the floor mat is the only thing stopping J from dropping through to the road like Fred Flintstone's feet.

But.

Good news, Sectaurs surprised us by offering to give us a new van! We drove down to Massachusetts to pick it up today. I called dibs on driving it back, but J gets it now to drive to work. We're very excited about all the new developments since the last model we had was a 2000. (We usually skip at least one decade of automobile enhancements  between cars.)  Did you know that keys aren't actually keys anymore? We have a honking piece of plastic that looks like a USB plug to start the car, but it does have a secret 'regular' key hidden inside, to get into the car if the battery in the plastic gizmo dies. The things they think of!  We also have CD player, a first for us as is the MP3 plug.

We were very pleased to see that there are his and hers controls for the heat and AC. Or as J said: dueling controls. I told him the technical term was "dual" controls and that what we had before were the dueling controls.