{"id":2461,"date":"2007-09-16T10:27:12","date_gmt":"2007-09-16T14:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2007-09-16T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2007-09-16T21:04:36","slug":"for-matt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2007\/09\/16\/for-matt\/","title":{"rendered":"For Matt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diane\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Subaru suffered from a rain of bird droppings without quick washings, and I knew the same would happen to Matt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s now seldom-used Lexus. I searched online for car covers and settled on a mid-priced wrap at about $150.00. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important that the cover breathes, but keeps water off the car, and resists ice and snow. Or so my research told me. You can buy sloppy fits, custom fits and custom made for your car, and you can buy covers that defend against falling tree branches , but not backing up Nissan Frontiers. You can spend $500.00 on these things.<\/p>\n

I clicked send to shopping cart, then buy, but it registered as a duplicate purchase and failed to go through. That was all the momentum stopper I needed. Two weeks later, while wandering about K-Mart, I found a cover on sale for $22.00. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seven of the one I was about to buy, and knowing the car only needed protection for about six weeks at a time until summer arrives, I said why not.<\/p>\n

Naturally, I washed and waxed the Lexus before sealing it from the weather.<\/p>\n

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Matt, your car’s been asking for you. Says it misses tailgating slow drivers, and the rush of you looking in the rear view and seeing flashing blue lights three feet off the rear bumper, but mostly it longs for the freedom of the open road. I guess I drive it too slowly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diane\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Subaru suffered from a rain of bird droppings without quick washings, and I knew the same would happen to Matt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s now seldom-used Lexus. I searched online for car covers and settled on a mid-priced wrap at about $150.00. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}