sm4astan
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- February 24, 2011
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- 2011
I sunk to a new low tonight. I had to drive daughter to soccer (45 mins away) and didn't see a single X. Now I'm in Upstate NY so it's not Bay Area in CA (used to live there) with real traffic, but there are still plenty of cars, and not a single X sighting. Par for the course.
I play a game now, while looking for X - I try to count the different types of cars I see to see what I see the most of. It's hard, since I'm usually carrying on multiple discussions with kids and watching my driving, but a little part of me tries to keep track. Tonight the winners were - Ford Explorer (older models), Ford Taurus, Honda Pilot, and lots of Hyundais (I lump them and Kias together).
Anyways...the new low...
On my way back (stopping by Five Guys for burgers) I fell in behind an Edge Ltd in black. I consider these mini-X's because they have many of the same features and I find it hard to tell the difference (now I look at the grill if I can). This one really looked nice...large wheels, dual chrome tips, spoiler, LED tail lights (I assumed), etc. Anyways, as I'm checking it out and thinking of my X being built tomorrow, I started to see a little orange light every so often on side view mirrors. It took my a second to realize I was seeing the BLIS in action. For the next few blocks I kept an eye on it and every time a card entered the Edge's blind spot, it would go off. Then when the car moved past, the light would go off. It was pretty cool.
Then the Edge turned, and I was back to seeing more older Explorers, Taurus', Pilots, and Hyundai/Kias.
Sigh...
I play a game now, while looking for X - I try to count the different types of cars I see to see what I see the most of. It's hard, since I'm usually carrying on multiple discussions with kids and watching my driving, but a little part of me tries to keep track. Tonight the winners were - Ford Explorer (older models), Ford Taurus, Honda Pilot, and lots of Hyundais (I lump them and Kias together).
Anyways...the new low...
On my way back (stopping by Five Guys for burgers) I fell in behind an Edge Ltd in black. I consider these mini-X's because they have many of the same features and I find it hard to tell the difference (now I look at the grill if I can). This one really looked nice...large wheels, dual chrome tips, spoiler, LED tail lights (I assumed), etc. Anyways, as I'm checking it out and thinking of my X being built tomorrow, I started to see a little orange light every so often on side view mirrors. It took my a second to realize I was seeing the BLIS in action. For the next few blocks I kept an eye on it and every time a card entered the Edge's blind spot, it would go off. Then when the car moved past, the light would go off. It was pretty cool.
Then the Edge turned, and I was back to seeing more older Explorers, Taurus', Pilots, and Hyundai/Kias.
Sigh...