let us now praise my "new" car

[johncomic]

Well, it took about 9½ months for this car to burn out a headlight bulb. (Got it taken care of yesterday -- if nothing else, at least that's one of the cheapest things you can take it into the shop for.) My previous car was notorious for going thru 2 or 3 headlight bulbs per year -- I'm sure it must've had undiagnosed electrical faults. (The on-and-off performance of its stereo is probably another clue...)