Sunday, March 6, 2011

Startup

It's been awhile since I unlocked the door and slid into the velvety disco-era warmth of this nice car. I had new tags and insurance papers to put in the car so I took the opportunity to fire her up after months of sitting. She has been moved over to my collector car policy to save some money and I haven't driven her since I bought the GMC pickup. With the change in parking at work, I'm less inclined to drive her to work much so the current insurance prohibiting that is not a big deal. I can change it to allow occasional work drives at extra cost later if I want to. Anyway, she fired up and ran smoothly. I put her in gear and she was ready to go for a run, but I just let her get nicely warmed up and put the papers in the glove box an sticker on the license plate. The quartz clock has stopped. It was noisy before, so I think a good cleaning and lubrication will put it back in good order. I may pull it and have it serviced by The Clock Works or I may just go through it myself. She has about a quarter tank of gas. I should fill the tank and add stabilizer.

Friends Anja and Stephan have both indicated they would love to buy her from me if I were interested in selling. I thought for awhile I would sell, but getting into her today I am thinking I would be foolish to sell her. No hurry to do so, for sure.