The Continuing Adventures of Zippy the Wonder Car

Zippy's Doppelganger

My beloved Little Blue Car is finally getting fixed RIGHT. (Lesson Learned: The dealer may cost more but they know more about the car than the neighborhood fix-it place and may end up costing less by fixing it the FIRST time.) El BeeCee had been refusing to start and was smelling of gas and making the garage smell like gas-- very disquieting in this fire season.  To get El BeeCee fixed meant that it had to spend quality time with the dealer mechanic. So- I needed to rent a car and that car turned out to be Zippy the Wonder Car.

The Zipster is a sub-sub-compact.  It is very responsive, loves to do tight turns, gives one the distinct impression that it takes corners on two wheels,and has some mysterious stuff on its dashboard the function of which is a mystery. I sit higher in the driver's seat. It's similar in color to El BeeCee so it's not too disorienting. But Zippy also loves gas (drinking up half a tank of gas in four days), the horn doesn't work right, and its main drawback is that it is not El BeeCee (easier on the gas, horn works). 

Originally, Zippy and I were to be together four days and then part on amicable terms. There were delays in getting the fuel injectors here to install and then El BeeCee wasn't running as smoothly as the mechanic had hoped. I do want El BeeCee to finally run right. The extra time with Zippy won't cost me any more. But- the novelty has well and truly worn off.  I keep reaching for window openers that aren't there, auto door locks that aren't there, radio settings that aren't there.  I want my elderly, "lived in", scratched-and-dinged car back.  El BeeCee doesn't zip like Zippy but it has a more solid feel when I close the door. I feel safer in it.

Update: Finally got the LBC back after nearly a week and am acclimating myself to sitting lower, A/C that works well, taking corners on four wheels,better sounding radio, and non-Zippiness.  It's amazing that you can get used to a car in a such short period of  time.