"Seat Safety Switch" (seat-safety-switch)
10/14/2015 at 11:57 • Filed to: nissan, skyline, clever first paragraph, disappointing execution, business as usual
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"Seat Safety Switch" (seat-safety-switch)
10/14/2015 at 11:57 • Filed to: nissan, skyline, clever first paragraph, disappointing execution, business as usual | 8
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The Skyline was beautiful on fire, all twisted metal stretching upwards, everything washed in a thin orange haze. I said, I sure hope the DOT doesn’t find out about this. You grabbed my hand, and put one of the cuffs on it. These are truly the Customer Appreciation Days.
My story starts off reasonably enough. I was a college student, trying to make my way through advanced basket weaving courses and treatises on the inevitable socialist domination and conversion of American industry. I thought I had seen what capital could do to a man, suffering under my long-serving boss, Alex, the manager of the Sunrise County Nissan dealership in which I worked between classes as a lot boy and apprentice detailer.
One day a man came. I was walking by the counter at the time, it having been far past the regular close time of the parts desk. It fell to me to handle this man. I looked at him directly, but I could not focus on his face for some reason, even after he removed his hood. He withdrew some keys, and left them with me, for “tomorrow’s service.” I did not know the protocol back then, and I nodded, and he left, leaving me to wonder who this man was.
I chased after him, but he rounded a corner and was gone. I was perplexed. However, I had faith in my academic instincts. I would figure out which car it was by way of the remote starter attached to the keys, and look up the license plate in the system to figure out which customer was involved. I would put the keys somewhere safe for Courtney, the parts girl, who I often thought fondly of in my weaker moments, and who would surely be impressed by my initiative and cleverness.
In the parking lot, the wind whistled around me as the snow began to fall that January evening, cutting through my dealership polo shirt and chilling me to the bone. I hit the remote car starter button once, twice, thrice - and then it happened.
At the far end of the parking lot, shrouded by two lifted XTerras with broken engines, a car leapt to life, screaming through massive twin turbochargers. The bumper housed two jagged intakes, seemingly having crudely clawed their way through the grillework like bilge rats through a convict’s head, seeking sunlight and the fresh air of the outside world. I quivered with anticipation, my lot-boy instincts demanding some excitement.
I got inside the car, first on the wrong side, then on the correct side. Mr. K would have been proud of me, I think, before admonishing myself for incorrectly acclaiming this gorgeous beast to the man of the Z. Who had created the Skyline? I made a mental note to ask a message board, once I was done with this car.
I plunked the Skyline into first, punched the gas, and immediately spun it into a lamp post. I could feel a horrible weight upon my body, and my fight-or-flight instincts ran wild, chilling my adrenaline-infused blood like ice.
When I got out of the car, you were already there. I didn’t even know that you were a government agency that existed, much less about this “Skyline Quarantine” everyone has been talking about since I got here. Having survived an encounter with this car isn’t that impressive, is it? I just got stupid and then I got lucky.
Wait, what others?
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Seat Safety Switch
10/14/2015 at 12:35 |
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Do Doug and Torch follow you? Because they should.
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Seat Safety Switch
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
10/14/2015 at 13:08 |
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I would like to touch the hem of Torch’s garment very much so.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Seat Safety Switch
10/14/2015 at 13:57 |
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The others are never as lucky.
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Seat Safety Switch
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
10/14/2015 at 14:59 |
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If they were, they’d be the ones writing the story.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Seat Safety Switch
10/14/2015 at 15:19 |
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Or maybe not. if they signed a contract saying not.
Nauraushaun
> Seat Safety Switch
10/14/2015 at 16:01 |
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I saw Godspeed live a year or two ago. Oh man.
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Seat Safety Switch
> Nauraushaun
10/14/2015 at 16:21 |
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I couldn’t be more jealous.
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Nauraushaun
> Seat Safety Switch
10/14/2015 at 22:06 |
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They did an international tour, their first after a decade of hiatus. How did you miss it?!
It was an awesome show. Weird though. None of them said a word all night. At the end, they all just sort of stopped playing and walked off separately over the span of 5 or 10 minutes while the remaining members kept playing. Suppose you expect that sort of thing.
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Seat Safety Switch
> Nauraushaun
10/14/2015 at 22:52 |
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They even played in my city this year; I only found out once the tickets were sold out.
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Nauraushaun
> Seat Safety Switch
10/14/2015 at 23:25 |
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Oh that sucks. You should get this app BandsInTown. It scans your phone and tells you when a band you like is coming here. I found out about Mogwai a week before they got here and barely got a ticket, I’m not taking that chance again!
ultimatt
> Seat Safety Switch
10/19/2015 at 15:59 |
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Skylines suck.