Friday Five: I'm Your Vehicle

[orangerful]

(yes, I'm posting this on Sunday, deal with it :P)

1. What kind of vehicle (car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, whatever you have) do you currently drive? Make, model, year, color, personality, name, bumper stickers, rearview mirror/dashboard/rear window ornaments, if any.
My Lil' Orangerful is a Mini Cooper Convertible. She was the first car I ever bought with my own money after I started working full time.

Minis are totally female because of the amount of accessories you can buy for them. There's like a whole section of the dealership that is just silly things, like Mini Towels, Mini Figurines, Mini Flamethrowers. I have my Sunnydale High sticker in the window to confuse people who don't know Buffy. And then my favorite Star Wars characters stuck in the window, which makes it look like I'm part of some polygamous group, but really it's just Han, Leia, and Luke. R2 and Yoda are on the front.

2. What are some of your favorite things about your vehicle?
I totally spoiled myself when I got it and picked a convertible, which is so awesome. When I put the top down, it feels like I'm in a Transformer.

3. What are some things you dislike about your vehicle or would change if you could?
The stupid tree sap that has fallen on my car this past year! UGH! So hard to get off the hood. Plus, being short, she gets hit by a lot of rocks on the road. Wish I could magically fix all her little knicks and dents.

4. What is your fondest memory involving your vehicle?
Driving to Dragon*Con for the first time. It was quite an adventure, could barely fit myself in the car, then I picked up faeriesfolly on the way. It was a ton of fun though.

5. What's something you've never done with your vehicle that you'd like to?
Go to a Mini Cooper event. There are a lot of crazy clubs in the area. Though I guess my Star Wars club is probably enough, considering joining any club means spending money LOL. :)

Comments

[padfootie.livejournal.com]

Ooooh your car is adorable! <3

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I do love her personality. Though she can be hard to find in a crowded garage full of trucks. LOL

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

My first full-time library job was down the road from the dealership so I saw them EVERY DAY and it broke me. I had to get one. And my first car was dying. Maybe not my most financially responsible decision but I love it, so fun to drive around.

[touchofgr3y.livejournal.com]

I love your car! I've wanted a mini cooper for ages...maybe someday!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I do love it. Probably wasn't my most financially responsible decision but I was young and in love. :) It was just so fun to pick out all the stuff online and watch her being shipped from the UK to Maryland. And now that she's all paid off, it's even nicer haha.

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Very cute car! I used to always want a convertible. LOL at the Han/Leia/Luke figures making it looking like you're in a polygamous group. I wasn't sure what they were at first.

Stacey

[faeriesfolly.livejournal.com]

<3 That was a kick ass road trip.

Although we did get the crud pretty hard afterwards. lol. Maybe it was just too much singing on top of con crud. ;)

10/10 would do again though. Very comfy.

[adam-0oo.livejournal.com]

That is a sweet ride.

[plumxxjam.livejournal.com]

YOUR CAR IS SO CUTE. OMG. I have this urge to just hug your car. XD

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

I love Mini Coopers!! I want one badly but I'm not sure how well it would do in the snow around here.

[ekaterin24.livejournal.com]

I love your "Every Day Is Geek Pride Day To Me" sticker!

Accessorizing a car is such fun! Mine has just a couple of things: a DFTBA sticker, an environmental sticker, and a translucent picture of a dragon hanging from the rear-view mirror (no fuzzy dice or garter for *this* nerdwoman!) Speaking of Transformers, my brothers think my car (a Honda Insight) looks like a Decepticon. They named it "Otakron" because I was talking obsessively about Otakon when they first saw the car.