A brand new car.

[mishak]

Another Saturday at the car dealership. It was interesting, I haven't negotiated with a car salesman in so long, I'd totally forgotten what it's like. The friendly-yet-adversarial push and pull of offers and counteroffers. It's a play in which we both know yet don't acknowledge our roles and prescribed actions, his "let me run this by my sales manager" bullshit, my I-don't-really-need-to-get-this-particular-car even though my hands twitch greedily at the mere thought of my beautiful new Acura RSX-S with Bose dashmounted 6-CD changer + subwoofer. The steps really have to be followed; his price wasn't coming down any further, there were these uncomfortable pauses, and I'm thinking "That's a little weird, he should definitely be offering lower than that". Then I realized *duh* I hadn't done the put-my-papers-away-and-get-up-to-leave move. It's like some sort of exchange of passwords, we couldn't proceed until I'd actually closed my notebook and gotten out of my chair with a polite yet mildly annoyed look on my face. Once I'd done that, the sales guy knew he could proceed to his next part, the run-the-numbers-past-his-manager "one last time , I dunno if he'll go for it...you sure you can't give me a little more to work with?" blah blah blah. Sure, buddy, you go do that. Take your time, I brought a book.

So anyway, I got my car, for what the Internet says is a quite good price, I pick it up next Saturday. It's black. With black interior. My car will be a dark pit of darkness. Black as night, black as pitch, black as perforated black leather upholstery with titanium accent gearshift knob and instrument cluster. Cackle cackle.

Comments

[xenoglaux]

You need a Type-R badge on it... and ground effects... PURPLE ground effects.

[mishak.livejournal.com]

And a NO FEAR decal that covers the entire rear window, with just enough room for the Calvin-Pissing-On-Something sticker in the lower right hand corner.

[xenoglaux]

Maybe a "First Iraq, then France" sticker?
Oh, and you'll need annodized wheels, low profile tires, a "neuspeed" sticker across the front, and a BIG ass spoiler!

[mishak.livejournal.com]

..and a big throaty sport muffler with a tailpipe the size of a coffe can.

Could you get me Portuguese flag to fly from the antenna?

[xenoglaux]

I'll see what I can do.
Maybe Lepidoserin can get you one of those little crowns... or a CD to hang in your window!

[pax-industria.livejournal.com]

It's black. With black interior. My car will be a dark pit of darkness. Black as night, black as pitch, black as perforated black leather upholstery with titanium accent gearshift knob and instrument cluster

Um, should I worry that I felt lust at this description? Damn thats sexy.

[silentq.livejournal.com]

Worry more that you're not the only one. :)
Luckily, I don't have a car, and I can now put mishak up on the top of the list of people that I bother for rides. :)

[pax-industria.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should start a support group…. mishak could drive us to the meetings!

[silentq.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me. :) *bats eyelashes at mishak* ;)

[braxana.livejournal.com]

nice! good choice of a car..:>

it's black as your soul...

[julishka.livejournal.com]

that's fantastic! yay!

[fudjo.livejournal.com]

Bah...you should've gone for an Omni...

[rojagato.livejournal.com]

And the best part is that I get to teach you how to drive it.

Just saw X2, and now I want the Mazda RX-8, even though they didn't do anything neat with it.

[christianb.livejournal.com]

hehee...sweet.

So what happens to your current car?

[militart.livejournal.com]

You better not have wimped out and gotten an automatic.

[syprina.livejournal.com]

You are the only person I've ever heard who can actually make cars sound sexy. Congrats on getting what you want!
I also found this enthusiastic review of your new car:
http://cartalk.cars.com/Info/Testdrive/Reviews/acura-rsx-s-2002.html
And I am hereby reserving a ride when I get to town.