{"id":4244,"date":"2003-10-09T09:35:51","date_gmt":"2003-10-09T16:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2003-10-09T09:35:51","modified_gmt":"2003-10-09T16:35:51","slug":"car_update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/09\/car_update.html","title":{"rendered":"Car update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More things I&#8217;ve learned about our new Subaru:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cup holder situation definitely sucks.  There is only one of a decent size, a CD-tray sort of affair in the dash, which does not really hold things reliably upright; it&#8217;s relatively large, but I know its capacity an be easily exceeded.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s also a cubbyhole by the gear shift and parking brake lever, but it&#8217;s about the size of a soda can, max; a large drink will not fit inside of it.  Bleah.<\/p>\n<li>The air flow through the vehicle is awesome.  Even with the fan off, air flows through (when traveling on the freeway) with a strong draft.  I&#8217;m going to need to adjust the heater on it during the winter.  (The heater, btw, works great, as does the a\/c.)  I&#8217;m very pleased by this.\n<p>I can also get a nice cross-breeze with the front-driver and rear-passenger windows down.  One minor drawback: the seatbelt\/carseat strap thing that hangs down behind the rear right passenger seat has a goofy tag on it with the instructions that insists on flapping in a loud and annoying fashion when that window is down, unless I somehow snag it under the rear compartment cover.<\/p>\n<p>A negative (though hardly a unique one):  the rear windows only roll down part way.  Common with smaller sedans, I know, but it would bug the heck out of me as a passenger.<\/p>\n<li>I <i>so <\/i>like having a CD player.  Especially a multi-disc CD player.  Especially during pledge week on our local NPR affiliate.\n<p>And the (upgraded) sound system works just fine.<\/p>\n<li>Pulling onto the freeway today, I was behind a slower line of cars, and wanted to swing into the fast lane, but I could see another car coming up in that lane.  With the Saturn, if I&#8217;d done it, it would have lagged and lugged and probably been irksome to that oncoming car, and me.  In the Subaru, it was zoom-zoom, and no worries.\n<p>I <i>like <\/i>having a zippy car.<\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More things I&#8217;ve learned about our new Subaru: The cup holder situation definitely sucks. 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