$4.28 Andre Champagne v. NJ's/PA's $5.99.
That's magic, kids.
Fiesta, come back to me!
5.11.2009
A Vacation in the Southern Tier
To most people, when they hear the words "South" and "Vacation" positive images are conjured up in the brain. To me, trapped in the Southern Tier of New York State being on more of a forced sabbatical from my life than an actual vacation per se, it is less than ideal. No offense to the Bing-Bing, but the 607 is not a place people come to. When they told us the theme of the month would be travel, I never imagined I'd be traveling here....oh, life.
Poor Margarita is at our friendly Feduke Ford dealership where I was greeted by Ford sales people who loved seeing the car and Ford maintenance people decidedly less enthused by my arrival. She's full of my winter clothes and a bent wheel in the back. :(
Based on my experiences here and elsewhere, however, I have come to learn that nearly everyone else goes to school where the living accommodations far outstrip those of team weGOTyourCRAZY. Case and point: the University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, and now SUNY Binghamton all have much, much nicer upperclassmen housing - dishwashers and full-sized fridges, and beds larger than the fiesta oh my! How do we end up paying $10,000 a year in room and board and still have but a brick-and-motar, a fridge that can't hold more than a box of wine and a few pounds of cheese, and RAs who threaten to write me up for SingStar?
I've also learned that NY really is cold. They're talking about 30s here tomorrow...in MAY! C'mon, I'm not even in Rochester yet!
Alright, over and out for now Fiesta Friends. I'm going to go back to sleep.
Saving Grace: Starbucks and Five Guys adjacent. :)
5.10.2009
The Day the Music Died
This is the story of a very unfortunate day in the life of the Fiesta.
Being the good son that I am, I planned to drive home (Rochester NY baby!!!) to surprise mom for Mother's Day. Well, the desire for a bowel movement and coffee ended that dream some 16 miles outside of Binghamton, NY at a dumpy Arby's parking lot.
A Texas-sized pothole brought our dear Margarita to a stop as she slowly leaked out the air of the front driver's side tire. :( An $800 billion stimulus bill for infrastructure but apparently Whitney Point, NY was left off of the home-improvement list.
Brian, ever the manly-man, couldn't figure out the jack so I in the most impressive display of my own manliness jacked Margarita into the air. 17 calls later to Binghamton tire stores and we were at a sad, sad loss...until we called Andrew, our friendly Mission Control Agent. Of course, we forgot about the time zone difference and upon hearing Andrew answer, or more correctly, try to answer, the phone we realized we were probably catching the morning after of a very excellent Saturday night for Andrew. :)
Lauren rescued Brian and Little A from Bing-Bing, yet I remain here indefinitely until dear Andrew can save me from the gateway to PA. Help Andrew!!
Being the good son that I am, I planned to drive home (Rochester NY baby!!!) to surprise mom for Mother's Day. Well, the desire for a bowel movement and coffee ended that dream some 16 miles outside of Binghamton, NY at a dumpy Arby's parking lot.
A Texas-sized pothole brought our dear Margarita to a stop as she slowly leaked out the air of the front driver's side tire. :( An $800 billion stimulus bill for infrastructure but apparently Whitney Point, NY was left off of the home-improvement list.
Brian, ever the manly-man, couldn't figure out the jack so I in the most impressive display of my own manliness jacked Margarita into the air. 17 calls later to Binghamton tire stores and we were at a sad, sad loss...until we called Andrew, our friendly Mission Control Agent. Of course, we forgot about the time zone difference and upon hearing Andrew answer, or more correctly, try to answer, the phone we realized we were probably catching the morning after of a very excellent Saturday night for Andrew. :)
Lauren rescued Brian and Little A from Bing-Bing, yet I remain here indefinitely until dear Andrew can save me from the gateway to PA. Help Andrew!!
5.09.2009
2,000 Trouble-Free Miles!!!
Hey everybody,
This is Dorothy from team weGOTyourCRAZY. My blog posts won't be as ridiculous as Chris's so I'll keep it brief.
I just wanted to report that Margarita whizzed past 2,000 miles this afternoon with no trouble to report. We love this little snot-colored car :)
Trip computer says we're averaging 33 MPG which is also awesome.
I filled up the tank and gave Margarita her first wash tonight before parking. Tomorrow, we're heading to Rochester NY to show the Fiesta to Chris's parents. Then, it's back to PA (to Chris's dismay) for a week of exams :(
After that, team weGOTyourCRAZY is planning on stretching Margarita's legs by driving to the Mall of America for our very first mission.
Keep checking back here to see what antics team weGOTyourCRAZY is up to!!
FIESTA FIESTA FIESTA
This is Dorothy from team weGOTyourCRAZY. My blog posts won't be as ridiculous as Chris's so I'll keep it brief.
I just wanted to report that Margarita whizzed past 2,000 miles this afternoon with no trouble to report. We love this little snot-colored car :)
Trip computer says we're averaging 33 MPG which is also awesome.
I filled up the tank and gave Margarita her first wash tonight before parking. Tomorrow, we're heading to Rochester NY to show the Fiesta to Chris's parents. Then, it's back to PA (to Chris's dismay) for a week of exams :(
After that, team weGOTyourCRAZY is planning on stretching Margarita's legs by driving to the Mall of America for our very first mission.
Keep checking back here to see what antics team weGOTyourCRAZY is up to!!
FIESTA FIESTA FIESTA
5.08.2009
5.05.2009
Margarita's Dash
Head over to our flickr page to check out the rest of our recently uploaded pics from training!
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