04-15-2023, 09:32 AM
Been tardy in updating this. We let go of the funkmobile finally. It had a parasitic power leak which meant we had to run it every other day or disconnect the battery (which was awkward given the battery mount). That was tiresome. But we couldn’t get it smogged because of other issues (maybe related to the leak) and repairs were upwards of $1500 which seemed like a lot for a car only worth about a third of that. We ended up selling it to a mechanic for his kid’s starter car - it’s a total fixer-upper for a mechanic.
Now we’re back to a reasonable 2 cars - Darth (crv) and Phoebe (civic) although we shall likely trade phoebe in for a new civic or crv. We’re planning that before next fall.
The funkmobile had a good run while it lasted. It fell into our laps when out dear neighbor fled the Cruz for Berkeley during the pandemic. It was a zippy ride - a manual Jetta - with a cassette player no less. But it was a pain to maintain. All things are impermanent.
Now we’re back to a reasonable 2 cars - Darth (crv) and Phoebe (civic) although we shall likely trade phoebe in for a new civic or crv. We’re planning that before next fall.
The funkmobile had a good run while it lasted. It fell into our laps when out dear neighbor fled the Cruz for Berkeley during the pandemic. It was a zippy ride - a manual Jetta - with a cassette player no less. But it was a pain to maintain. All things are impermanent.
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