Aug 27 2002
Repo Girl?
When you have the joy and serious responsibility of being the caretaker of a piece of American history, you look at the world a little differently than lesser mortals. Ever since I became the curator of Josephine, I notice other Mustangs, though I think they were really at the height of their beauty in the 1960’s and the new ones are unworthy of the name.
I was walking home yesterday and I saw a guy parking his a couple of blocks from Chez Moi. It looked to be about the same vintage as Josephine, though his was Tahoe Turquoise instead of Silver Blue. So I asked him and yes, it was a 1966. His interior was in better shape than mine, and he said he’d just bought it. So we chatted for a while, and it didn’t take long for the topic of parking to come up.
It’s hard to find a parking place ever in my neighborhood, and even if it was easy, leaving Josie on the street is dumber than a third generation Bush. You can start that car with a hairpin, and it has a soft top, inviting thievery or defacement (in fact, someone keyed her formerly perfect paint job while she was parked at the Pier 39 garage). Human nature: see something beautiful and steal it or wreck it.
Mr. Tahoe Turquoise said that a rental car place about 6 blocks from my place has parking for $129 a month. The catch is that you only have access to your car between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. But since Mom is moving to Petaluma and we’ll be logging a lot of miles going back and forth across the Bridge, (just after the toll goes up to $5 a shot from $3), I should probably bring Josie back from her country vacation instead of renting a car every time I want to go up there, or taking the bus. But can I live with the 7 to 7 thing? is the question. Thoughts? Suggestions? Notionettes? Lay ’em on me, baby!
4 Responses to “Repo Girl?”
oy. 7 to 7. Tough call. I couldn’t do it, I’m much to disorganized and absentminded.
If you’re the organized sort it might be ok. Why 7 to 7? Why not until 10:00 or some such? You can’t even go to dinner on the other side of town…
Then again, it IS better than renting a car to see your Mom.
I would bet that it is 7 to 7 because those are the hours of the rental car agency.
I say go for it. you can get most places in the city on BART/buses anyway, and renting a car to go see your mother will be a huge hassle. 🙂
Tough one. For me, the whole point of having a car is to be able to hop into it at a moment’s notice and be able to go where the whim takes me. I, personally, wouldn’t be able to settle for the 7 to 7 restriction.
Yeah, that’s a tough call. I’m also way too disorganized to go along with a 7-7 arrangement. How good of a deal is the $129? If it’s a steal, I’d probably go for it. Renting cars starts to add up.