{"id":323,"date":"2008-08-08T16:10:03","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T23:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zacknewsome.com\/?p=323"},"modified":"2008-08-08T16:10:03","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T23:10:03","slug":"not-a-good-week-for-my-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zacknewsome.com\/not-a-good-week-for-my-car\/","title":{"rendered":"not a good week for my car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since we moved downtown, I&#8217;ve been driving my car less and depending on my bike as my primarly means of local transportation.\u00c2\u00a0 On top of that, I&#8217;ve been investigating the pro&#8217;s\/con&#8217;s of exchanging the car for a scooter, eagerly anticipating using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valleymetro.org\/metro_light_rail\/\">new light rail<\/a> coming to PHX in December, and seriously looking at using the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zipcar.com\/\">ZipCar<\/a> recently parked downtown.\u00c2\u00a0 In short, my car&#8217;s future isn&#8217;t looking good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zacknewsome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tree.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-324\" title=\"tree\" src=\"https:\/\/zacknewsome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tree-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/zacknewsome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/windshield.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-325 alignnone\" title=\"windshield\" src=\"https:\/\/zacknewsome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/windshield-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then this last week &#8211; a blown radiator assumably from the intense summer heat.\u00c2\u00a0 And then last night &#8211; a wicked monsoon rolled through with winds strong enogh to topple trees, toppling a tree on top of my car. 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