Calloo, callay! My chibi-car has arrived!
Mar. 31st, 2006 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
abbandonoTomorrow, I shall pick up my shiny new MINI from the dealership.
Next, the agony of having to wait 1200 miles before getting to fully exploit the supercharged speed-demon lurking within. Nothing over 4500 rpm...it's going to be a tough couple of weeks.
Surprisingly, despite my calling around for a zillion different quotes on insurance, the best deal I can get is from State Farm. Apparently they're one of those rare companies where customer loyalty really does still count for something...I've been on State Farm since I was 16, and you rack up a pretty nice renewal discount over the years.
I'm still trying to decide on a cool license plate. The design of the MINI is such that it really calls attention to the license plate, and in fact the front end isn't really designed with American-style plates in mind, so anywhere you put it it looks a little odd. So, if it's going to be conspicuous, I decided I'm springing for a personalized plate.
Current contenders:
CHIBI (Japanese for "mini", more or less),
O CHIBI (in case CHIBI is taken, basically Japanese for "exceptionally mini"),
ROSSO (Italian for "red", also alludes to the Miyazaki film Porco Rosso),
P ROSSO (slightly more obvious allusion to same film),
CT HNTR (allusion to the Anime City Hunter--honestly, I'm not this much of an otaku...I just want something that isn't bloody obvious and annoying--in which a sort of freelance assassin/detective roars around Tokyo in his Mini kicking ass and wooing women.)
I'm leaning toward CHIBI or O CHIBI, myself, but feel free to offer your opinions or other suggestions.
Next, the agony of having to wait 1200 miles before getting to fully exploit the supercharged speed-demon lurking within. Nothing over 4500 rpm...it's going to be a tough couple of weeks.
Surprisingly, despite my calling around for a zillion different quotes on insurance, the best deal I can get is from State Farm. Apparently they're one of those rare companies where customer loyalty really does still count for something...I've been on State Farm since I was 16, and you rack up a pretty nice renewal discount over the years.
I'm still trying to decide on a cool license plate. The design of the MINI is such that it really calls attention to the license plate, and in fact the front end isn't really designed with American-style plates in mind, so anywhere you put it it looks a little odd. So, if it's going to be conspicuous, I decided I'm springing for a personalized plate.
Current contenders:
CHIBI (Japanese for "mini", more or less),
O CHIBI (in case CHIBI is taken, basically Japanese for "exceptionally mini"),
ROSSO (Italian for "red", also alludes to the Miyazaki film Porco Rosso),
P ROSSO (slightly more obvious allusion to same film),
CT HNTR (allusion to the Anime City Hunter--honestly, I'm not this much of an otaku...I just want something that isn't bloody obvious and annoying--in which a sort of freelance assassin/detective roars around Tokyo in his Mini kicking ass and wooing women.)
I'm leaning toward CHIBI or O CHIBI, myself, but feel free to offer your opinions or other suggestions.
