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...)

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[johncomic.livejournal.com]

In driving school we were taught that it was a good idea, and my experience bears that out. Even in clear daylight conditions, there have been times where being able to see someone else's lights made a crucial difference in how quickly I was able to get a fix on them. Anything I can do to make myself more clearly visible to other drivers (without blinding them, of course)...