#i've gotta say things about eiffel. for my health. i haven't said enough things about eiffel lately.

[commsroom]

doug eiffel is a car guy in the way that, like, he's got that pop culture attachment to the idealized great american road trip. there's not much eiffel dedicates himself to, but he learned to drive as soon as he could because having a car gave him freedom, and he valued that enough to care. he feels like the kind of person who has spent a lot of time sitting in his car listening to music, just to get away from... everything else. he's an analog guy; he can drive stick. he was made to go to drive-in movies. he calls the broken down shuttle he's stranded on - among other things - the "uss pontiac aztek", "uss ford excursion", and "uss reliant robin", so it's a reasonable bet he's got car opinions. monster trucks are on his list of things he misses about earth. he could be a nascar guy. eiffel was definitely living in an apartment, but if he had the space, he would love to be one of those guys with a bunch of rusted cars in his yard and an old truck up on cinderblocks. once zach said that if eiffel had money, he'd buy a motorcycle and tinker with it and never learn how to actually ride it.

"if eiffel had money" being the operative phrase. he used to drive a corolla - "that's the third warning. i'm not one hundred percent on how these oxygen meters work, but if they're anything like my old corolla..." - eiffel is a car guy in the sense he's got a list of dream cars, but they're all deeply impractical classic cars he just thinks are cool. in practice, he is driving the most 'dependable', most affordable cars possible, and he is not taking care of them. eiffel knows enough about cars that he could do his own maintenance, which means he won't pay someone else to do it, which means he's driving around with the check engine light on at all times. every car eiffel has ever driven has come like, pre-dented, permanently sounds like it's dying, and is just repulsive to be inside. it smells like old fast food wrappers and smoke in there. the back seat is full of miscellaneous garbage. the seats are stained and kinda sticky.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #i think he should drive an old truck or vw bus because i think that's hot and i want him. that's my reasoning #if you want to get serious about it i think there is something about like. the idealism vs. reality of a lot of stuff in eiffel's life #that he gets caught up in the pop culture image and starts narrativizing and neglects the real things around him #and as much as i find it hot that he's a dirtbag. like. his general living situation is a reflection of his lack of care for himself #and yeah like. i think he was probably looking forward to teaching anne how to drive. that won't happen now #and i guess there's a bit of a question if he even trusts himself driving now or enjoys it the way i think he probably used to #... but. you know. #i've gotta say things about eiffel. for my health. i haven't said enough things about eiffel lately.