ME: She's got decent mileage, and leather seats! The outside doesn't look faded, and they'll even throw in a Phil Collins cassette. I can use my tax return...
DEE: You should be saving your money before school, not spending it on a gold-painted [admittedly nice looking] beater. Anyway, what do you need a Thule roof rack for? What are you going to put on it--your books? When I met you, you were riding the bus.
ME: Come on, I just wanna fit into the West Coast scene.
DEE: You do, you drive a kickass dope fiend hatchback.
ME: Can we at least fix the muffler? How am I supposed to take blood pressures and listen to heartbeats if I go completely deaf?
DEE: We'll call the mechanic tomorrow.
ME: Fine, fine. But when I graduate, I'm buying a new used coupe.
DEE: Go for it.
