Ai-chan!

Ai-chan is a 1995 Acura Integra LS with current mileage in excess of 346,000.  Originally I purchased her in late spring of 1998 with slightly under 39,000, and have not regretted the purchase or any of the driving one bit.  Starting in the summer of 2002, her role was shifted from Primary Active to Secondary Active, with the arrival of her younger sister, Yamiko-chan.

However, upon her sister's untimely death, Ai-chan's role was immediately reverted back to Primary. It's somewhat sad that she has seen so many others come and go. In January of 2009 with the advent of Nozomi-chan, she is now back to Secondary Active.

It didn't take me long to come up with a visual image of what she'd look like as a human, and not much longer after that, that I started to imagine what kind of personality she would have.  Usually mild-mannered in comparison to her GS-R and Type-R brethren, but more than able to come up with a few surprises of her own.  She tends to react best when there's jpop or anime music cranking out of the cd player, especially either Megumi Hayashibara or Yuko Miyamura, or while going to anime clubs or conventions, or just going nowhere in particular.  Even with her current mileage, she still takes to the roads eagerly, as if to ask, "Shall we go for a ride?" The answer, is easily "Yes!"

Go check out Ai-chan's LiveJournal!

Now, you can also send email to Ai-chan!

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