{"id":21582,"date":"2015-06-29T12:58:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T19:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=21582"},"modified":"2015-06-29T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T19:58:19","slug":"something-old-nothing-new-something-borrowed-something-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/29\/something-old-nothing-new-something-borrowed-something-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Something old, nothing new, something borrowed, something blue"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, I’m not getting married. I’ve just borrowed this car for a couple of days.<\/p>\n

\"BorrowedCar_062915\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s old. It’s borrowed. It’s blue. It’s also for sale.<\/p>\n

I did something on Thursday (no idea what) to stress my ankle. Now I realize I was overly optimistic about strolling to town three or four times a week so soon after breaking it.<\/p>\n

The car is a 1993 Geo Prizm with 219,000 miles on it. Sounds awful on at least two counts, doesn’t it? Maybe three. Until you realize it’s actually a Toyota Corolla in disguise. Online reviews sing its praises — troublefree! cheap to own! <\/p>\n

Still … risky to buy such an aged thing, I fear. OTOH, it had extensive maintenance less than 30k miles ago (including a timing belt and new water pump), its history is local and well-known, and it comes with a promise that the seller will personally fix anything that goes wrong with it in the first year. Running great so far.<\/p>\n

Oh, and it gets nearly double the Xterra’s gas mileage.<\/p>\n

Dunno …<\/p>\n

Meantime, I have a bunch of boxes to take the the PO and groceries to get. I’ll rollerskate to town in this little thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, I’m not getting married. I’ve just borrowed this car for a couple of days. It’s old. It’s borrowed. It’s blue. It’s also for sale. I did something on Thursday (no idea what) to stress my ankle. Now I realize I was overly optimistic about strolling to town three or four times a week so soon after breaking it. The car is a 1993 Geo Prizm with 219,000 miles on it. Sounds awful on at least two counts, doesn’t it? Maybe three. Until you realize it’s actually a Toyota Corolla in disguise. Online reviews sing its praises — troublefree! cheap…<\/p>\n

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