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My baby made it through the WORST storm NY has ever faced. I couldn't believe it, not really a mark and a downed tree within a couple of feet of her (I parked as far as I could from a tree but it was pretty late when I found out that the indoor parking lot i'd arranged to park in for the hurricane was closing because of concern about floods, and when I got back to park locally, every safe-ish space was taken). Anyway, there were all these branches on the car but not a mark was left! I was so lucky as so many of my friends and family are in distress and chaos (my 101 year old grandma is in trapped on the 16th Floor of an apartment without electricity or water (and thus toilet), for instance. Six of my friends are literally homeless because their first floor apartments were flooded to the ceiling for hours. A friend owned one of those 80 houses in Breezy Point that burned down to the ground! Just utter chaos here amongst my peeps. The hatchback was so useful today. I know hundreds without power and my husband and I drove around with candles, hot coffee, gallons of water, small generators, pumps, etc. Just a great little car for emergencies. I was surprised how well the car dealt in fairly deep puddles and driving over oil slicks and stuff, given how light it was (though the ABS system kinda blows, gotta say). It was shallow, in light of what my family and friends are facing now, but I was REALLY worried about my new (used) Yaris when wind was just tearing up trees in front of my building. I kept thinking, why, oh why did I get $1500 deductible on comprehensive. Just one less headache. And Nook, I LOVE to drive too! Totally understand your passion for it.
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10-31-2012, 02:52 AM
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