Bill, you got my hopes up for nothing :p
I'm gonna get a regular battery to stay legal. But not until this one dies. Good thing about a manual is you are never stranded. You just run along side, jump in, and pop the clutch. You ARE joking about the Quaiffe, right, Mark? Say yes in case your non-Contour competition is watching!!!
Matt, my daughter almost made it all the way to school without stalling. She's getting better. I keep saying repeatedly, "give it a lot of gas and even more at the end." She finally figured out the clutch grabs at the very end of its play. Still has some problem finding the right gear..goes 2 to 5 a lot, and downshifts the other way TOO OFTEN.
I haven't had that 7 lbs. of windshield wiper fluid for quite some time..too lazy to replace it.
Not too lazy at work, though. Working 8am til noon at the new job, then go across the street and work until 9pm in my video store, PLUS working Saturday noon til 10pm, and Sunday noon til 8pm. May hire someone after first of the year before this gets too old.