Keeping Up with the Joneses

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:12 pm

"Blast and hellfire!" Roland swore, looking through the phonebook.

"Alright, what the hell do people call automobiles these days." he said, to whoever else was in the staff common room.

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by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:15 pm

"Cars. Though if you're looking to replace that Trabant I'm not sure it's cars you're looking for."

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:20 pm

"What on Earth are you talking about," Roland said.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:29 pm

"I'm insulting your old 'automobile'."

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:34 pm

"That automobile was state of the art, and never put a foot wrong. I've been trying to find the number of the local Trabant dealership, but I've come up empty there."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:40 pm

"Yeah I believe they stopped making those around the time the Cold War ended."

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:24 pm

"Why on Earth would they do that?" he said, surprised.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:32 pm

"Because they already made better cars 20 years ago." she chuckles faintly.

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:34 pm

"Well, surely the newer models would have all the latest features...like, um.

...Air conditioning?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:03 pm

"GPS Navigation, keyless entry systems, heated seats, park assistance, bluetooth interface. Modern cars are really more computer than engine at this point. Not to mention that they go from zero to 60 in under 10 minutes."

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:33 pm

"Your car needs to tell you where parks are?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:08 am

She lets out a laugh. "Well it can do that too, but it mostly parks the car by itself if I want."

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:01 pm

"I'm not a fan of technology deciding what it will or will not do for me."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:03 pm

"Well you don't have to get all the bells and whistles but you won't get around a modern car having a board computer of some kind."

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:05 pm

"Are they, y'know, bodgable? Can we take it out?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:09 pm

"Not really. At the very least they optimize the engine. It's more electronics than mechanics these days."

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:20 pm

"But I don't understand electronics. I knew how to fix my Trabant.

...When it wasn't blown into a thousand pieces."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:24 pm

"See the nice things about cars not built in communist Germany? They just work without needing to be fixed."

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:27 pm

"You're telling me modern cars never break down," Roland said, putting the book down and looking at Nailah dubiously. "I've heard that before. Many, many, many times before."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:29 pm

"Well that'd be a slight exaggeration but thy certain break down much less than 30 year old cars."

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:51 pm

"That," he said plainly, "is the way of everything built in the last two hundred years."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:54 pm

"Well unless you want to spend a lot of money at a car show I don't think you have much choice."

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:55 pm

"I really don't want to do that. That is among the things I do not want to do."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:35 pm

"I'd ask what kind of car you want but I'm not sure you know the answer to that yourself."

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:39 pm

"I want my Trabant," Roland said, plainly.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:55 pm

"Well in that case I believe time travel is the only option."

by **Amanda Weinrich** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:39 pm

"Hi." Amanda said, as she walked in "whats up?"

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:03 pm

"Professor Weaver is insinuating nasty things about my choice of automobile."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:09 pm

"Just pointing out that cars have become better over the last decades." she says innocently.

by **Amanda Weinrich** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:46 pm

"Nothing wrong with a classic." Amanda said "I learned to drive with a VW Bug that my parents bought for $500."

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:54 pm

"Pah, they weren't anything to write home about."

by **Amanda Weinrich** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:02 pm

"And what kind of car do you want?" Amanda asked.

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:12 pm

"I don't know. I haven't had to make a decision in quite some time."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:16 pm

"Well how much money do you want to spend?"

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:19 pm

"...some amount of moneys? Is 1000 lira too low?"

by **Amanda Weinrich** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:25 pm

"Probably." Amanda said "Why not go to a car lot and take a look around? Assuming you don't just want to buy another Trabant."

by **Roland Sackville** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:08 am

"That's not a bad idea..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:11 am

"I feel like I should offer to come with you so you end up with a less... peculiar this time."

by **Roland Sackville** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:38 pm

"Peculiar?!"

by **Amanda Weinrich** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:35 pm

"I'm fairly certain hat Trabants are mostly known for...not being the most stylish cars of their era." Amanda said, trying to be diplomatic.

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