I love my 1998 Honda Civic, I really do. But it's time for it to go. In the year I've owned it, I've probably put $3,000 into repairs, including new shocks, timing belts, electrical (sensors), and more. The check engine light has been on the past 1,500 miles and sometimes goes off if I put the fuel cleaner additive stuff in the tank. I suspect the fuel injectors are dirty, but it may be early transmission failure too and I don't want to shell out bucks for an 11-year-old car.
So with my average mileage of 17,000 (7,500 of which are just commuting to/from work), I decided to go green and get something easy at the pump. I wanted a Toyota Prius at first, but after doing a little homework here and there, I saw how a lot of people didn't like their dash/layout, making it more awkward to drive. It was also more costly and a larger vehicle. I also didn't want a Smart Car .. or.. half a car. Whatever they're called
So after some shopping around, I found a nice used 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid (the guy had to sell it back to the dealership because he was moving back to China.. it had 3,840 miles when I bought it, barely used) and snatched it up. I absolutely adore the thing.
It's rated 45 MPG highway/40 MPG city. Finding a place to put my GPS was kind of a pain because of the sloped windshield, but I finally settled in the far bottom/right corner and it works out okay. I also decided to leave my new car stereo I bought in the old car -- I couldn't put it in the new one with the Hybrid's dash design and it'd be a pain to take out anyway.
Awww yea, check out this 61 MPG trip I got yesterday on my way home from work (actually I hit 61.7, but didn't have an opportunity to take a picture at peak).
I've been wanting a new digital camera for a while. I have a 3.3 MP Kodak camera that's a few years that Tina gave me. It's alright, not the highest quality pictures but it's slow and uses really old memory standards. It doesn't take good indoor pictures or videos at all. I do have a Canon digital camcorder, but it's not practical to bring around evrywhere, plus it uses tape recordable media, not electronic (like flash memory). My Helio phone has a 2.0 MP built in camera and video recorder, but it records at 640x480 (poorly) @ 12 FPS (frames per second).
Decided it was time to upgrade from the 2.1 and go right up to 7.1 with the Creative Inspire P7800. I'm very excited for this one, not just for movies, but also for some 3D/positional games.
