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Keeping Things Precisely Where I Want Them ...

Keeping Things Precisely Where I Want Them

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00989

I leased a new car a few weeks ago and it has pretty much everything I want. It definitely has everything I need. The car runs android Auto so I can play Spotify, Audible, Google Maps and more. It has a backup camera for precisely backing into spots and alerting me to things behind the car. It has lane assist warnings in case I miss something in my blindspot. There are many excellent features. I also love the look of the car overall, it is very sporty. I did add a few things to it, though.

Android Auto only works if the phone is physically connected to the car with a USB cable. I have a ton of cables but they are all way too big and when the cable is connected to the phone and the phone is on its little built in shelf it barely fit. So, I looked into right angle USB cables. I searched them on Amazon.com because I could not find them in stores. I found a set of three of them that were very short but perfect for my needs. I hate having a mass of cables in the way so I found the shortest possible to do the job and I used a cable organizer (small rubberized dot that you can slip a cable into to keep the cable in place) to keep the cable up and out of the way. Now my phone can fit perfectly on the shelf and have plenty of room to connect the USB cable. It does cover one of the 12V lighter connectors but I don’t need them anyway because the USB also charges the phone on the go as well as runs Android Auto.

tire stems

Another thing I added was a very small accent to the wheels. I found some metallic blue valve stem covers. They match the color of the car really well and give the black wheels an extra pop. Of course, it would be karma if someone steals them off the tires as that was something I did once as a kid to make my bike look cool. Metal valve stem covers that were liberated from a vehicle in the beach parking lot. Luckily I can pop another set on for $6. So, if some kid wants to make his bike look extra cool with metallic blue valve stem covers, I’ll chalk that up to the universe paying me back for some misguided choices of my youth.
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