rollin'

Check it out, new Yaris! I washed my new car the other day and decided I better get some photos of the little gumshoe while it's clean and shiny and new looking. So after work I parked it in the parking lot underneath a streetlight and took some sweet looking rice-rocket too fast too furious style shots. It's a pretty awesome looking shiny car, and is fun to drive, I'm enjoying it.

The details for my little commute-killer:

2007 Toyota Yaris:
bought new about a month ago. It came with the tricked-out wheels, and I had them custom install the roof rack. By design Yaris is a pretty bare-bones vehicle (what do you expect for a start price of about 12k) but mine's got some options...air bags, ABS, Ipod jack, power windows, power locks. It's also a manual transmission -- which has been a big part of the fun. I've never owned one before and before this, I'll admit my manual driving skills were pretty poor. I've driven stick a few times in the past, but never consistently to get good at it. Selin, remember the drive to Manteca to pick up the foosball table in Dan OC's borrowed stick shift pickup? Don't tell Dan, that was a bit of an adventure! Anyways I'm a lot better now. I won't be driving the Yaris to SF I don't think any time soon...SF hills? I'll ease into those...but...I've got some basic skills now. I'm becoming a real man!

So there you have it, my first brand new car. Paid for and all mine. It's a great little car, and mine is a pretty slick looking version. Oh and I didn't even mention yet -- 40 MPG! Take that gas station!!!