Talk About Learning Your Lesson…
Yesterday, Husband and I took the Hyundai out for a spin after dropping La Tahoe off at the garage to get her door handle fixed.
It’s a nice car, the top of the line Elantra, with all the bells and whistles that one would want for a car. Although, those leather seats will take some getting used to.
Anyway, so we drive up to Lowe’s and Husband starts in with parking a mile away, so his car doesn’t get “dinged.”
“What the hell? When I park that far away with the truck, you gripe and gripe!” I fumed.
And then Husband was all “I can’t drive this down the driveway to get the kids off the bus. Too much mud!”
Huh?
In short, Husband says he learning his lesson about taking care of his car after what happened to his Mazda. Well, I pointed out, if he’d actually washed the damn Mazda, it might not be rusting out from under him.
Husband asked about the automatic car wash in town with the super-groovy undercarriage spray. I told him that the last time I was there it cost $8 for the full whango…but then I said “Hold the hell on! When I go up there, you gripe and bitch about the money spent when we have a power washer here! And I go up there for the undercarriage spray!”
Double standard? You be the judge.
Amazing, isn’t it, how Husband is suddenly so protective of a four-year-old car but couldn’t be bothered to take care of his Mazda, which he got brand new! (No lie, he used “nature’s car wash” to keep it clean.)
Also amazing is how he yells at me for “babying” La Tahoe, which I also bought brand new. No, it doesn’t matter if he bangs that thing around, scratches the tail gate, gets it filthy. NO! Can’t baby the $43K vehicle! But we’ll sure as hell baby the one that cost $5300 and is used. With almost 100K miles on it, no less.
Look, I’m glad Husband now has a vehicle with better tires, no major rust, all the bells and whistles, but his new attitude is pissing me off.
And as soon as I get La Tahoe back, that damn rice burner is getting its silver ass kicked the hell out of my parking spot!
