Annoying

My Lincoln is in storage. It's a nice day...and my Lincoln is in storage, 35 miles away, and uninsured.
And that's just the start!

One of the guys I work with was browsing through the Hy-Vee Trader (Hy-Vee is a grocery store chain in my region. The "Trader" is a "classifieds" type deal.) and he told me there was a 1950's Lincoln Capri in there that I should buy. Neither one of us knew what a Lincoln Capri looked like - but thanks to eBay, we now know that they are rather unattractive vehicles that don't appear to have anything applied to prevent rust.

Anyway...a couple days later I'm sitting in the break room at the 2nd job and there's another copy of the Hy-Vee trader on the table. I flip through it - and what do I find? 5 spots below the Capri, there's a "For Sale" ad for a 1978 Lincoln Continental...everything works...$500!"

Dammit! Mine's a 1979 and I need some parts!

I'm thinking, "I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM YOU, YOU REJECT!!! WHY WOULD YOU NOT TELL ME THERE'S ONE FOR SALE FOR ONLY $500!!!"

And (of course) the car has been sold when I call about it. Ugh. Some people.

Oh well. Let's talk GM.

Why is that cars made by the same company are set up totally different on the dash? On my Buick I need to pull the lever toward me to turn the brights on. On the Cadillac it's just the opposite. If I try to turn the radio station on the Cadillac by hitting the same spot where it's located in the Buick - I'm greeted by some weirdness from the AC unit.

But best of all (and you'll like this one) is the interior lighting. Not the dome light...the lights by the front window.

Here's the scenario...

I'm driving down the road and chowing down on a pack of "fun sized" candy bars. There's 8 of these candy bars in the pack. I only counted 7 but the pack seems to be empty. (Oh, knock it off... you've done it, too!) So where is the missing 8th candy bar?

Well, when I'm in the Buick (1997. The year is important to the story.) I just hit the button that turns the light on and I find and devour the would-be escape artist candy bar. However, if I'm driving the Cadillac and I hit the same spot...the voice of the OnStar lady starts talking to me!

It can be a little unnerving to be driving down the road... all by yourself...in the middle of the dark, dark night... and then have somebody start talking to you!

I mean, seriously! It could actually CAUSE the accident!

At least she doesn't ask for the candy bar. :)

I don't have OnStar activated as of now, which is probably good because I lose a lot of candy bars and they'd probably get tired of answering my pseudo-distress calls.

But can you imagine how the call would go?

OnStar: "OnStar Emergency. Can we help you?"
Me: "Oops. It's just me. Sorry. Lost the 8th candy bar again. So, how have you been? Done anything fun since Tuesday? Hey! There's a smiley face in the frost on that sign up ahead!" :)