It Gets Hot

I took this picture a couple days ago when I got in the car to go home for the day. It was hot. I have been driving without air conditioning to get more miles per gallon. The only air conditioning I do is 2 by 75 air conditioning - two windows unrolled and driving 75.

This kind of cooling is not good for the hair. And it stays really hot in the car.

I have increased the MPG in my Infiniti to 26mpg. The Pathfinder was at 18mpg when I drive it.

The Price of Gas

What is it with the price of gas around here? The national average was around $4.11 a couple weeks ago. Around my house was $4.15. Since that point the national average has fallen to under $4.00. Around my house the price has not changed at all! I am getting ticked off. I have never paid more than $4 a gallon (I filled up a long time ago and because I was out of town I have not driven much). Tomorrow I will have to fill up the Infiniti. Hopefully the price has gone down by then. I will of course go to Costco where it should be quite a bit cheaper (hopefully).

I just hope all the stations around here are feeling good about gouging us drivers for a little bit more money. Do they not realize that people are just not driving. The country has actually stopped or slowed down their miles in their cars. The prices have actually stopped people from driving, which is something that I thought would not happen. I bet that prices never go under $3 again (maybe $2.99 to make people happy). People will then adjust and next summer when prices go back over $4 people won't think it is that big of a deal.

License Plates

We finally got the new license plates for our cars today. We had the Pathfinder ones for a while now, I just never put them on until tonight. When you buy two cars at basically the same time from different dealers you see how different dealers are. Where I got the Infiniti (Smith Family Motors) was great. I went in, they asked about the car, how I liked it, how things were going and offered to put the plates on for me. I obliged and let them the guy happily put the plates on and even removed the temporary ticket for me. That was great.

We went to Auto Gallery (where we got the Pathfinder) at the end of last week. They did not ask about the car. Did not care. Barely even talked to me. Made it like a chore to get my plates for me. I felt like just another customer there. To be fair, I did not hate them, they just paled in comparison to Smith Family Motors.

The good news is that both the cars now have plates. We are street legal.

It Gets Hot In An Infiniti

Below is my dashboard today. It has a temperature gauge. Today it read 91 degrees when I got in and started the car. Yesterday was 105 degrees. Littlkins and LD keep telling me I need to tint my windows and then it will not be so hot. I just tell them that I will just park in the shade. All I know...it is hot in my car when I get in.

Inside the Infiniti

Here are some pictures of the inside of the infiniti. One is the radio and AC deck on the dash. I am still trying to figure it out. The car was a good drive today. I filled it up at Costco and it cost $57! Which is a lot, but this car has a 19-gallon tank. After today's driving I am at 23 miles per gallon. I hope to be able to up it a couple more MPGs before I have to fill up again.

Below are pics taken while I was driving. You can see the kids - they do not want to be on the blog, but I took the pictures anyways.

So far, I have driven to Saratoga Springs twice and to work once. It is a good car and I still love it! Thanks again family for the great car and the great father's day present!