Friday, 7th of September, 2001
Woah! Forget Daewoo, I thought that was good value, then I realized what $13999 can get you in terms of the Elantra GT. When Hyundai dumped the Elantra wagon, I was pretty dissapointed, but they obviously had something better up the sleeve. And as a good marketing move, it's not called a wagon, but it's new extremely slanted hatch passes it for a 5-door hatchback anyways. The look reminds me very much of Saab. But there's a ton of room! 28.3 cubic feet puts it even above the Subaru Impreza (which they sharnk for 2002, argh) in terms of trunk space. The package is as agressive as ever. It comes with standard A/C, 15" alloy wheels, 4-wheel disc brakes, keyless entry, fog lamps, power and heated (!!) mirrors, rear wipers and washer, side-impact airbags (!!), power steering, locks, windows, a CD player with 6-speaker sound, and leather interior (seats, steering wheel, and shift knob) (!!). The $1175 "Package 7" is a must, adding ABS and a Power Moonroof with a sunshade. The engine is a 140bhp 2.0L I4, producing 133 lb-ft of torque. It looks extremely sporty on paper, and should be an awesome drive for the price, with the sport-tuned suspension and all. It's a good $2300 cheaper (with the package) than a Subaru Impreza wagon, and definitely has become my favourite cheap wagon/hatchback.
Thursday, 6th of September, 2001
I took advantage of the now $199 price of the Handspring Visor Platinum, and ordered two. One for me, and one for Dad, and Mom will use my old Deluxe. It's pretty cool, it wasn't an essential upgrade, but while my parents wanted PDAs, might as well pay the extra $30 for the Platinum. But it's good to know that I haven't been missing all too much, cause it's 50% faster, but since the Deluxe wasn't exactly slow, it's not like it's very noticable.
Wednesday, 5th of September, 2001
So I was coming back from rehearsal at the West Campus, and I had to make a sudden lane change right before the intersection right out of West Campus. I forgot that I couldn't get on Forest Park Parkway East from the Ritz. Well anyways, this little maneuver bothered a cop in an Impala (I want to say U-City, but most of the incident occured in Clayton, so it was probably Clayton) and he started tailing me. I even detected a radar, and I traveled the speed limit the whole way. He tailed me until I got to Forsyth and Big Bend, and then he pulled me over, asking me why I was "driving crazy". Asking him what he meant, he could only explain the one maneuver in front of West Campus, and quickly ran out of words, but then added a ridiculous comment about how the speed limit in 20 in a school zone, even at night. I gotta keep that one in mind. Typical cop trying to scare young driver situation - he decided he had no solid reason to give me any sort of citation, and then said "Good thing you're wearing your seat belt" before he let me go. Owell, this wasn't too bad, no harm done, he was just checking on suspicious driving, so it's all good.
Tuesday, 4th of September, 2001
Monday, 3rd of September, 2001
Sunday, 2nd of September, 2001