[astroglide]

my stepsister got behind on a pontiac sunfire years ago so i took over payments for her and started driving it. the battery died and i replaced it, but when i did that it triggered the theftlock on its shitty builtin radio/tape deck (it thought the unit had been disconnected). nobody knew the code, so i would have had to take it to a dealer and pay $50 to get it fixed. but i hate going to dealers and waiting, so i never fixed it and drove in complete silence for at least a couple years.

it was unsettling at first, and it would bug some passengers but i got used to it and learned to like it. i think enjoying silence (especially on long trips) could be seen as a skill.