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That is a male version of me. When I interviewed at the placement agency a few weeks ago I had to park in a lot where they pack you in like sardines. I gave the guy my key, took the ticket and started to walk away. He proceeded to try to drive my Forester with the freaking E break still on. So it sounded like “EEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH”. I turned around, ran towards my moving car (in heels) and yelled, “DUUUUUDE!”
Oh duuuuuuuuuuude, I also drive a Forrester (2000) now that the lease on my Jetta is up. It’s green, rides like crap, and I’ve yet to use the emergency break. If it rolls down a hill (knock on wood), I’m buying a mini cooper clubman.
I’m beginning to think that a Subaru Forrester is the new Honda Civic for HR professionals!
Maybe it’s just a HR/Subaru thing. When I started working here, I was driving an 1993 Subaru Loyale (which replaced a 1980 Subaru DL). When the Loyale finally went kaput last November, my husband bought himself a zippy Miata and gave me his bright red 2003 Subaru Impreza WRX wagon.
And in a couple years I’m hoping to replace the lolwrex with… a Clubman. WANT.
I think reasonably priced cars are synonymous with HR. We bought the Subaru for the Michigan winters and it’s a pretty decent car. I’ve done the HR/Honda connection, and I drove around a Jetta for three years (which felt like an upgrade over the old Accord & my old Golf). Now that I’m back in the Subaru, I can care less about how I look — I like the fact that it’s paid for & I can ding it up & no one will give a shit.
Maybe we should all pinky-swear to upgrade the automotive image of the HR profession. No more sensible blue mid-sized sedans! Anyone who buys a Camry automatically loses his/her PHR eligibility.
Agreed, Perrik. I’d like to see an upgrade into the world of Audi with pop up navs and satellite radio. (A girl can dream!)
My Forester is 07 and I had leather seats installed so I’m pretty happy with it. Of course, before that I had always driven crappy sedans so I’m easily impressed.
Satellite radio is not expensive if you buy a portable unit. My husband’s shiny new Miata came with Sirius radio and a 6-month subscription. We both got hooked on it, so I bought a Starmate 4 unit for my car ($120 new, $50 refurbished – I got a new one for $50 on Black Friday). We have the same number of pre-sets, but the Starmate has more features.
Not only is there a whole station of nothing but 80’s music, there’s a whole other station with nothing but 80’s alternative music. And there’s a 90’s alternative channel when you want to be all sad and emo. (remember kids – down, not across)
Must have heated seats on my next vehicle. And maybe heated side mirrors. Granted, I’m happy with the WRX because it had features that were missing in my ‘93 Loyale – just minor stuff like cupholders, ABS, airbags, a fully functioning electrical system…
@Wenchie My Jetta had leather seats and I’m ambivalent. On the one hand, there was less cat hair in the car. On the other hand, I burned my bum in the summertime. I want heated & cooled seats in my next car — a Lexus.
@Perrik I have XM radio in the Jetta and stream it online in the house. I love it for one station: POTUS 08. It’s all political news, all the time. For me it’s an aphrodisiac, but for my husband it’s an audio version of Lunesta. The rest of the stations are okay — not great — and I wholeheartedly concur that the emo kids need a lesson. (Another one: three tylenols and a few motrin do not equal a suicide attempt.)
You’re on a role, my dear. These are hilarious — that first one you linked me to in particular. If you’d like another little laugh, take a look at the latest question over at Miss Priss’s blog. I’m a freak magnet
Miss Priss, I just realized that you aren’t on my blogroll (although you are on my RSS feeder). You are added and endorsed because I love your freak-magnet-ess.
Mrs. Ruettimann, that last thing may be the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me! Thank you.
Here’s something that I believe can satisfy even the most hardcore of HR punk rockers (of whom I count you foremost). It’s also, coincidentally, appropriate to my own freak-magnet-ass, if you’ll permit me the use of your felicitous phrase:
http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=226
Track 2, Preview: clickclick
Love. It. Brilliant & appropriate. My husband has a theory that the ‘freak magnet forces’ bearing down upon select people in the universe are triggered by a case of ‘the open face’.
I’ll blog about it forthwith.
xxxoo