Mirror, mirror on the road
on January 31, 2012

“Oh Mirror, Mirror on the road—who has the prettiest C30 that has been sold?”

During the summer it used to be me by virtue of being the only 2012 C30 that had been sold in Austin (at least according to Roger Beasley Volvo), but that changed today when I saw two 2012 C30s within a span of about five minutes, and it reminds me that my exclusive reign over 2012 C30s in Austin has come to a close. Everyone and their mom is now buying that car. Mostly their mom though because the car really seems to appeal to the female aesthetic. I haven’t yet figured out what that means for me.

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You. You, oh most gracious of all carriages glitter strewn, stood at the intersection of 620 and Anderson Mill. You waited there in the left lane, poised yet beaming in your Passion Red, but alas! Too many lanes away from me were you, and so you shall remain a mystery to me. May our paths cross again one day, oh beautiful rose!

And you, you were at the intersection of 620 and Rock Harbour in your Electric Gray. I stopped momentarily by your window to try to say hello, but you were a middle-aged dude and that made me rev and dump my clutch pretty fast. Sorry bro. Nothing personal.