...and the Foxes go on

Thursday morning, my wife was backing her Escape out of the garage with the rear passenger door open. The garage is fine. The rear door isn't. The Escape goes into the shop on Tuesday.

Early Friday morning, my daughter and a deer had a difference of opinion. She managed to get her '99 Mystique home, but the hood is crumpled, the plastic grille smashed.

That leaves my two '93 Mustangs.

It's funny to watch my girls making plans over who's going to drive CFrog when. (CFrog is the GT convertible with automatic. TFrog is the LX hatch with stick, and nobody's fighting over that one.)

My wife commented today that there's no problem merging onto the highway in the Mustang. Duh. I'm not worried that she's going to become a Mustang convert, though - she's used to sitting up much higher and likes that about the Escape. And she's worried that the Mustang has too MUCH power - interesting point of view, that.

But, come Tuesday when my wife gets her loaner car, CFrog goes to daughter. That's when I start to worry. The first pretty day, she's going to want to drop the top, and she'll probably enjoy the hell out of it.

Two smashed vehicles and two 15-year-old Mustangs that have never been smacked. Who's laughing now?

dwight (Oh, and for those who believe that trouble comes in threes, our laptop hard drive "crashed" last week, too. That's gotta count.)

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Who pays for the gas? That just may enter the equation. My Contour gets high

20's on a good day. Last trip 27.8. It's a V6, 5 speed. Come to think of it, my 89 5.0 LX got 25... Guess it's not such a big difference.

Al

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"dwight" wrote in news:Ra6dnaQJoYXR9ezVnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Good thing you don't live that close to the beach. Convertible 5.0 + single girl + beach = Big Trouble.

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It all comes out of the same pool.

I haven't seen 25 in the entire time I've owned these cars. Maybe on a long stretch of highway driving with temperatures in the low 70s, but otherwise

25mpg is a dream. In the heat of summer with the A/C on while sitting in rush hour traffic, I'm lucky to get 15.

dwight

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I'm always on the bright side. Little Mary Sunshine, that's me.

TFrog is my baby. CFrog is "just" a convertible GT, and I've only had it for little more than three years. If they manage to total that car, no tears shed. And nobody drives TFrog but me.

Still, if the three of us were down to just TFrog, things might get a little dicey.

dwight

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Hah. You don't know Princess.

For one, she has to use SPF300 at the beach (redhead). For another, she has very exacting standards in men, it seems. I always think of Elaine on Seinfeld - the least little perceived flaw has her walking out the door.

I'm so proud.

dwight

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"dwight" wrote in news:JvCdnZXQSYPIKu_VnZ2dnUVZ_v snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Now what would she say if she knew you compared her to Elaine?

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I compare her to a lot of things, even though she is truly unique. "Elaine" is but one common frame of reference that I can use to impart her peculiarities to others.

In return, she serves as my fashion consultant, who determines whether I'm fit to be seen in public or not.

dwight

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"dwight" wrote in news:1OqdnQzdxOeFjOnVnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Great response! You deserve a big hug from her for that one.

You know, I never thought of that as one of the advantages of having a daughter. That said, how often do you take her advice?

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