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Dude, Where’s My Car? No, Really.

My truck is slowly starting to develop more and more problems. The clutch is failing, leaking oil, leaking transmission fluid, etc… I could get these problems fixed, but I am thinking I am ready to move on to something different. After talking it over, we decided it be best I get rid of him for something a little smaller with better gas mileage. I want a car where I can drive more than one other person comfortably. Something with plenty of trunk space since I live out of my car. Something that says “this guys has got it all together,” or “man, this guy has got it.” So I am in the market for a used car.

If you were to be getting a car, which kind and why?

Discussion

17 comments for “Dude, Where’s My Car? No, Really.”

  1. If I were you but still mostly me?
    I would get a Mercedes Smart Fortwo, Daihatsu Copen, or a Volkswagen Type II Syncro with a bio-diesel conversion.

    If you get any of these, you’ll be my new man crush.

    Do it.

    Posted by rg | January 17, 2008, 1:29 pm
  2. Or better yet, buy any of those with all your EMT monies and we’ll give you the awesome Corolla. Nothing says, “This guy has got it” like an old beat up Toyota. Of course “it” is a mental defect and no desire to attract dates.

    Posted by rg | January 17, 2008, 1:31 pm
  3. Dang- why can’t I organize all my thoughts into one comment. I mean you buy any of the abbove for me and then in exchange I will give you the Toyota. Good now that’s clear.
    Nothing more to say.

    Posted by rg | January 17, 2008, 1:33 pm
  4. Except this:
    I meant: “above”

    Posted by rg | January 17, 2008, 1:34 pm
  5. i love buying cars, as you know. but i did love the jetta, though it didnt do as well with gas mileage as id hoped. and i had a civic, that got excellent gas mileage. and before i bought the jetta i looked at the volvo s40. but that might be too much of a girl car … i dont know. im not really a fan of small cars.
    and when i think of a “guy thats got it all together” i picture him in an explorer, no reason, i just do.

    Posted by Amanda | January 19, 2008, 2:28 am
  6. Just get a honda accord hybrid or a saturn ion. Since you only want a new to impress girls and make yourself feel like a man why not just buy Andy’s truck from him.

    Posted by Aaron | January 19, 2008, 3:08 pm
  7. Ugh Amanda-
    The only thing that guys with Explorers (or anything larger) have got together is all of their inadequacies, sexual frustration, and mommy issues in one convenient, planet-destroying package.

    I guess we know who your real friends are, Jon.

    Jon, you DO NOT want to get an Explorer unless you also plan on wearing Axe Body Spray, a white baseball cap turned to the side, listening to Maroon 5, and someday marrying a vapid shell of a woman that you will have two children with, and divorce after 12 years to more freely explore your supressed sexuality in men’s restrooms.

    If that’s what Amanda wants for you, great. I happen to think you’re capable of more.

    Posted by rg | January 20, 2008, 5:36 pm
  8. i never knew explorers could say all of that about a person. never mind. i dont want that for jon.
    what about a hybrid escape? does that say the same sort of thing as an explorer?

    and thanks, i will avoid any man in an explorer or larger car because he does not sound like a nice guy.

    Posted by Amanda | January 20, 2008, 7:50 pm
  9. what’s wrong with explorers? I have one, so then I guess it wouldn’t really be a “male” car then, but still they are pretty sweet in my opinion.

    Posted by natalie | January 20, 2008, 11:02 pm
  10. Well, Natalie, you are not a guy with an Explorer. That’s the first thing to address. And it’s not the Explorer itself. It’s the boy and the car, or more specifically the boy with the car.
    While there may be (but there probably aren’t) exceptions to what I said above, do you really want Jon to take that kind of chance?

    Posted by rg | January 21, 2008, 11:17 am
  11. I suppose not…

    Posted by natalie | January 21, 2008, 12:37 pm
  12. Don’t fold under the pressure Natalie, stand up for yourself, we all know Jon is going to end up with a “vapid shell of a women” anyways.

    Posted by Aaron | January 22, 2008, 12:33 pm
  13. Enough of the Borax, Poindexter, I want Jon to commit to buying one of the cars I mentioned.

    Posted by rg | January 24, 2008, 5:51 pm
  14. get a used g35.

    haha

    Posted by Alex | January 24, 2008, 6:48 pm
  15. He’s Jon Shoe, not Xian Chiu- ha hahh haahh hahahah ha

    Posted by rg | January 25, 2008, 12:57 pm
  16. Hey what’s the big idea of commenting on my interblog if you haven’t put anything new here in over a month?!

    You can tell us about your new car. You can complain about no more free wirelesses outside my house. You can show pictures of your handsome roommate (Jason). You can write fruity love poems. Post pictures of your victims. Anything. If you have time to read and comment on my lame diary, you have time to at least phone one in here.

    Come on!

    Posted by rg | February 27, 2008, 9:30 am
  17. Hello world!

    Posted by Jon Shoemaker | April 1, 2008, 4:50 pm

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