Cars and Communipaw

It was nice to go out and take the car for a run tonight. North 271 to 90, and back again. I'm glad my car is minimally highway-worthy now. It just seems like a good idea to get the car up to speed and run it out for awhile. Like taking the dog for a run in the park. I spent the first half cruising at seventy and the last half cruising at 60. Managed to get 33.7 mpg burning 93 octane fuel. Not tremendous, but not bad.

Listening to Communipaw right now. They played the ARMfest, which I unfortunately could not make. Good stuff. Also, their self-titled album is 12 songs. I think 12 songs ought to be the minimum for CD albums. It's just a good quality length and sort of necessitates good writing and good variety.

There's still a few things to do on the car before I can really feel okay to leave it go. Spark plugs and wires, sway bar bushings, new tires, and new steering knuckles (at least, that's what i think they're called; the inner opposite to the tie rod ends). Actually, I'll probably just change out the tie-rod ends at the same time. No really good reason not to. But that may make me want to change out the ball joints, which may make me want to just change out the whole control arm. Or at least see if it's possible to change out the control arm connects. Ah, it just never stops.