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I think that Ani is getting more excited about the 900. On Saturday night, we met some friends downtown for dinner and a comedy show, and we went on our “date” in the 900. It was fairly clean, and the last segment of stripe had just been installed on the trunk. She was impressed by the fact that I could shift the car without ever grinding the gears, which wasn’t the case the first time she rode in the car with me.

Then on Monday I removed the driver’s seat from the 900, so I could stitch up the leather. After pulling the chair out of the car, I removed the seat bottom upholstery from the seat and it’s mounting frame. Well, my investment of about $3.50 in needles and upholstery thread was a waste, because I never learned how to sew. I figured I’d have to take it to the upholstery people and pay the $120 or so I’d been quoted for the repair. But Ani suggested taking the upholstery into the shoe/purse repair place she has used in Edmonds; they had fixed her un-stitched purse for like $4. So while I was in Portland yesterday, she took the upholstery to this repair shop. They said they could fix it. The cost they quoted: “Nine or ten dollars.” Awesome. Thank you Ani for saving me over $100!

We’ll see how the repair looks when we pick it up on Saturday. I’ve got to re-assemble the seat so our friends who are coming from Portland this weekend to celebrate Luisa’s first birthday can have rides in the orange stripe!