When Bunnies Attack

http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/

Ahh…

Also: http://www.pbase.com/tracktime/image/79558750

When the GM plant closes for good on December 23, so will Jamestown Moraine.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/19/ohio.plant.closing/

So I am on my way with a friend to go see Jonathan Coulton in concert at the Great American Music Hall… She drops me off at my car so we can move it into my garage parking spot. We caravan to the house and right in front is parked a car with its butt halfway into the driveway. We have a limited time to get to the venue and park, calling a tow truck to remove the offending car is not an option, and the owners are nowhere in sight…

I gauged the situation and such a brilliant thought hit me: why don’t I drive the sidewalk? I have a tiny car…

I got it on the sidewalk and just when I was lining it up … BAM!!! I rearended a tree. Ugh!!! My pristine little car now has a bruise. Worse yet there was visible fluid from under the car. I just hope it is water and not anything significant. I just want to make it through this weekend and then I can deal with car troubles on Monday.

I had a relatively small car before. It was a 2-door coupe. An RSX to be exact. 172.2 inches in length of happy driving experience. And yet, for the life of me, I couldn’t find a parking spot in San Francisco. I mean, c’mon, it’s a small car! Almost all of my friends drive decently-sized sedans and whatnot, so I felt I was definitely on the more petite side of things. But in SF, even a car as small as the RSX is overbearingly huge compared to those tiny little spaces between driveways. (Which, if you go over, can cost you a $75 ticket or a tow-away or both.)

However …

I think I can live with this. At only 145.6 inches, 26.6 inches shorter, the MINI easily fits almost anywhere, and I’m very surprised when it doesn’t. I’m 12.5″ smaller than the Kia Rio, 11.8″ than the Honda Fit, 9.7″ than the Scion xB, 4.4″ than the Toyota Yaris. Granted, the MINI is pretty wide at 75.8″, but still it’s the length of the car that counts.

I love it love it love it.