So, as many of you have already heard, Dave and I had some major vehicular difficulties while we were out in Utah for our Christmas vacation. Specifically, the day before we were going to drive home the "check engine" light came on. Dave had the car checked and the repair shop told us that the transmission was the problem.
We had to figure out pretty quickly what we wanted to do, considering that our car was the only way that we were going to be able to get home. Dave had been talking about selling the car for a while, so we figured that this was as good a time as any. We didn't really think it was worth it to us to fix the car, so we decided that we would sell it. That was kind of a painful decision, considering that over the course of the last year and a half we have replaced the wheels, tires, timing belt, other belts, oil filter, fuel filter, water pump, and spark plugs, not to mention that we also put in a premium battery the week before and recently put top of the line windshield wipers on the car, too. Dave put the car up for sale for a really low price and told the buyers what was wrong with the car and we were able to sell it within a day. Dave's sister, Liz, and her husband, Marco, helped us to sell the car and were kind enough to wash it and keep it in their garage for us.
Being without a car, we needed a replacement to drive home in. We got a little SUV crossover. While this means that we are one step closer to a mini-van (which we will never own, per MEG's instructions) and are now a sedan-free family, we really like the car. In fact, it's like a new member of our family. So much so that we named her Jezubel.
The car has a "technology package" meaning that it has a navigation system and can literally talk to you and you can talk to it. Although Megan has only seen this in the movies thus far, it is pretty cool. The only problem is that Jezubel may be a better female counterpart for Dave than Megan is. Jezubel is really techy and speaks geek, just like Dave does. She never gets lost and always listens to what Dave says (unlike Megan). She wants Dave's attention when he drives and asks him questions to be helpful when Dave tries to set up her different features. On the other hand, Megan questions what Dave is doing because she doesn't get it instead of being smart like Jezubel and helping him set up the different utilites. Also, Jezubel doesn't demand attention, she just gets it when absolutely necessary to do Dave's bidding (again, also unlike Megan...).
So, not only does Megan lose out on the tecnology, she also isn't quite as cool as Jezubel is. Jezubel is shiny, purple/gray, has sleek lines, and has this husky female voice. Her voice is always helpful, deep, and very sultry. She gives Dave directions where to go, helps him set up his cell phone, and otherwise speaks to him with her tanatlizing voice. Jezubel scolded Dave twice when he took off his seatbelt (she really does sound mad if you take off your seatbelt while you are driving), but I think Dave didn't mind because she still sounded good while she was getting after him.
Because of her superior appeal, Megan and Dave thought that Jezubel would be a good name for the car. (As a note, we thought about naming her Isabel, after the famous Book of Mormon harlot, but Jezubel has a nicer ring to it). Megan thinks that Jezubel might just be trying to steal Dave away. Because she has turbo, goes really fast, hugs the road, is nice, and gets good gas mileage, Megan might just be out of luck...
