papa said:
Eric when do you pick up the new car? Is Anja interested in getting her driver's license at all? Suppose you break you leg, God forbid, who would drive her then? I know that Germany has a great public transportation system in place, but she needs a license JIC. (just in case). After all if she could cruise the autobahn with the top down, and just feel the rush of speed and being in control of that power.
Hope that all on the magic are having a great time in the Pacific.
Hot and humid here and the unofficial state birds (mosquitoes) have decided that they would like to come out for a snack and play. Mike
Mike,
the dealer stated a delivery time of about six weeks, so it should arrive at the dealership when we're in Vienna. He will then send the title to Frankfurt and I will register it myself. This is usually done by the dealer, but as he's located 135 miles (I checked it with my routeplanner) from Frankfurt I will do it, but will be reimbursed by him.
Then we'll drive up there and simply switch cars. He'll just have to attach the tags, give us instruction for the new features, and then we'll hit the road. we hope to be able to combine this with a visit to the other Germs.
No, Anja still doesn't want to get her license. And with the new car being equipped with a six-speed shiftstick it's scaring her off even more
It was only availabe with an four-speed automatic as an option, which is IMHO outdated. If they'd offered it with a five or six-speed auto I would have been willing to invest the extra Grand - But FOUR speeds only
This is 2005!!
I'm still working on her, but I guess it's hopeless. It may run in the family: Her Mom is 64 in still can't drive. My Mom got her license at 30 or so, drove once, got in a row with my Dad about her driving - and has never driven again since then
Perhaps we'll have to do a half-year stay in the USA: If you stay abroad for 185 days or more a foreign license can simply be converted into a German one. And as American driving licenses can be more or less obtained at vending machines this could be a feasible alternative
Over here a person of Anja's age has to pay an average of 2000 for a license - That' $2600!!! An 18 year old pays an average of 1500, but a rule-of-thumb says one extra driving lesson for each year of age, which adds at least another 500 Euros.
OK,
betdime now: It's 1220am, Greece has just won the Eurovision Song Contest - Our contestant finished a shameful last (Of 24 competing countries
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Anja has to work the dayshift, starting at 0630am.
But Spätburgunder is ususally a good one BTW: 'ä' = ALT 132)
