{"id":5418,"date":"2017-04-03T22:18:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T06:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2017-04-03T22:20:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T06:20:31","slug":"new-car-smell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/archives\/5418","title":{"rendered":"New Car Smell"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rode tandem with Joan Jett this morning – “I hate myself for loving you!<\/em>” At least it felt that way. Our Monday morning motivator, Jen, does like to mix in some “old school” rock ‘n roll in her classes. The entire front wall of the studio is covered with a mirror. It fogs up when the room is full and the fans are on low, like this morning. A crowded room that starts out comfortably cool\u00a0is like a sauna after 45 minutes of as many people perspiring profusely. Doesn’t smell too good either.\u00a0Imagine you’re on a full elevator and someone\u00a0who had Kim-chi for lunch lets go with a wide yawn.<\/p>\n

And so, you may wonder, why spin class instead of riding my real bike outside? After all, it’s Springtime! Tell me about it. We got slammed with another foot of snow last week, on top of the mess\u00a0still on the ground that won’t melt because this March has been cold. Supposedly, the third coldest March since 1977. Happy Wife takes Winter’s lingering contempt for Spring in stride. She still sometimes says, Isn’t the snow pretty<\/em>?<\/p>\n

She needs a new car. Her candidates so far are: Ford Edge and Nissan Murano<\/p>\n

2017 Edge<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2017 Murano<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’m partial to the Murano, plusher ride, but otherwise they’re pretty close in performance, price, and features. She also wants a manual transmission (go figure), but she’s going to have to give that up because it’s not available in either vehicle. And she wants a roof rack thingamajig to move kayaks\u00a0about. She’s suspicious of\u00a0many modern “features” in vehicles, especially the electronic gadgetry. She’s not amused by key-less start, prefers the confirmatory\u00a0click<\/em> of push buttons over touch screens, and generally distrusts cruise control. If Plymouth still made the Valiant she’d buy one in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking to buy a used ’03 Honda with 116K miles, shoot me an email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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