It was, just... not under conditions where there was a whole lot of daily driving to be done.

>Actually I think I conflated it with the Saab -- it was a Saab, right,
>G? -- he used to/still might drive.

Alas, the Saab. It developed some odd problems and I was persuaded to sell it while doing my undergrad stuff. Wish I hadn't, as is often the case with these things.

>--is this another east-vs-west-coast thing?

Could be, although in my case, Maine is a geographically large and thinly populated state, so the experience of the land is rather more Western-style than in, say, the eastern half of Massachusetts. Here where I live, for instance, we've long been accustomed to driving at least 75 miles (each way) to see a movie, attend a large hospital or medical specialist, or buy anything you can't get at Tractor Supply.

--G.
we don't even have farms here and we've got a Tractor Supply, wtf
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