Last Thing Recquired? A Smog Test

I am reluctant to write a post about this.

The last time I tried this whole "car thing", I got burned hardcore. I learned from that experience, grew smarter. I am significantly more cautious and wary.

I asked that poor guy so many questions that he wasn't able to answer, I feel kinda like I grilled him for information about the car and his use of it.

Here's the skinny.

One of my best friends ever, SlowTEC, and I were chatting one day. He stated his desire for an aging car of mysterious power. I expressed my extremely similar feelings back to him.

We began to search.

It wasn't easy. There are many relics out there, but all seem tainted. Covered up and turned into monsters of unspeakable abominations. Rims of Latin origin and exceedingly large pipes litter the landscape.

I thought all was lost. I thought it impossible to find a clean, non-mistreated treasure to behold for all time. I thought I might have to postpone our search indefinitely.

SlowTEC came to the rescue!

He had found as clean and untainted a specimen as I could have possibly hoped for. Sure, she wasn't stock, but she wasn't turned into a monster either. She was lovingly cared for and had only light modifications. Someone in her past had taken the time to fix her back up after a disastrous occurrence resulting in a salvaged title.

I then made the long, difficult journey to visit her. I traveled a perilous path filled with danger. A mysteriously forming flame of monstrous size and power stood in my way and collapsed part of my path, but I persevered and found a way.

As soon as I saw her, I couldn't help but break into one of the most intense grins I've had the pleasure of experiencing these last few years. I sat for more than a minute taking her in, letting myself bask in the visual beauty.

I spoke with her owner, and eventually the subject turned to my acquiring her. We settled on a price, and I made the sad turn down the road that removed my treasure from view.

All that is left on my end is to sign a few loan documents. She is in the process of getting some light repair and a smog test completed. If all goes well and according to plan, this Saturday I will journey again to retrieve her.

Literally, one of my dreams incarnate, she is a 1985 Toyota Corolla GT-S.

I tell this story here so that future generations may know of my epic struggle.

I hope the ending comes true.

IQ Test

Alright, call me bored, but I took a semi-scientific internet IQ test and decided that I wanted to tell you all about my results. This was not one of those "5 minute" type tests. It felt legitimate or else I wouldn't be telling you about it.

One quick note before you dig in. I received a dismal score in "Computational Speed" due to an unfortunate event involving a ringing phone and a computerized voice informing me that I needed to make an urgent phone call to a person named Tracy. I can't say that is the reason for sure, but I am able to come to that conclusion reasonably due to the fact that I was also scored on the amount of time I took to answer a question. It is logical to assume that "Tracy" caused me to take significantly longer to answer a question utilizing computational speed directly resulting in a poorer score in that category. You may come to your own conclusions.

General IQ Score

Your General IQ Score of 131 shows how able your mind is in general. Anyone with a General IQ Score this high is considered to be gifted. This score is better than 98.06% of all persons taking this test. Virtually all occupations can be comprehended with a General IQ this high. You should be able to handle almost all academic challenges.

You scored higher than your General IQ Score in 7 individual ability categories. 3 of these better scores could be called statistically significant and may indicate special abilities, or that you were distracted on those parts of the IQ Test that counted more heavily in the other ability categories.

Arithmetic

Solving many of the IQ Test's problems required the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers mentally. Many mental tasks require arithmetical operations even though numbers may not be involved, and thus number manipulation abilities can strongly indicate general intelligence.

Your Arithmetic IQ score of 138 is not significantly different from your General IQ score.This score is better than 99.44% of all persons taking this test.

Spatial Skill

Understanding what changes will occur when conditions vary is a deep and powerful ability of the mind. All invention and creativity of every sort is based upon this ability. Although test problems usually involve manipulation of objects in space, persons with a stronger ability to spatially manipulate can also be expected to use this ability to be able to better predict how social and psychological situations would change due to variation.

Your Spatial Skill IQ score of 132 is not significantly different from your General IQ score.This score is better than 98.36% of all persons taking this test.

Logical

This is the ability to determine if a set of rules has been correctly followed. This ability is most useful in combination with other mental skills listed above. Those with strong logical ability are quicker to see where a given set of conditions is going to lead, have a strong sense of justice, and better understand--from an intellectual analysis--the benefits of harmony.

Your Logical IQ score of 130 is not significantly different from your General IQ score.This score is better than 97.72% of all persons taking this test.

Spelling

The ability to spell can indicate general intelligence. Remembering a set sequence of letters indicates the mind's ability to retrieve remembered facts. Learning how to spell and use the words of a language is almost a complete IQ test in itself. Although poor spellers with high IQ scores can be found, it is rare, and in general--everything else being equal--the better spellers have higher IQ scores.

Your Spelling IQ score of 142 is exceptionally higher than your General IQ score.This score is better than 99.74% of all persons taking this test.

Short Term Memory

The ability to remember things for a short period of time allows the mind to check back and retrieve facts needed to complete a problem solving operation. This ability becomes more critical when problems have many aspects that need consideration and/or need to be solved mentally. This ability strongly determines how efficiently one handles the many aspects of normal life. If your short term memory ability is strong you are much less likely to seem inattentive or "slow to get it" to others.

Your Short Term Memory IQ score of 129 is not significantly different from your General IQ score.This score is better than 97.34% of all persons taking this test.

Rote Utilization

This is the ability to take a set of memorized facts and mentally extract and/or operate with or upon the facts within the set that are pertinent to the problem at hand. Persons with more of this ability can be expected to spell well, remember telephone and other numbers easily, be more adroit in procedural operations, and have a stronger foundation for tasks that require the use of memorized material.

Your Rote Utilization IQ score of 141 is exceptionally higher than your General IQ score.This score is better than 99.69% of all persons taking this test.

Algebraic

This is the ability of the mind to abstractly handle quantities and qualities. Persons who are strong in this ability can more quickly and more deeply understand analogies, stories, derivations, equalities, and hierarchical structures.

Your Algebraic IQ score of 142 is exceptionally higher than your General IQ score.This score is better than 99.74% of all persons taking this test.

General Knowledge

Knowledge that is casually picked up and remembered can indicate intelligence, because persons with higher intelligence will exhibit greater retention of those pieces of information that are encountered less often. Because higher intelligence allows a person to have a deeper appreciation of the connectivity of facts that may seem disparate to others of lesser intelligence, memory of such facts becomes easier.

Your General Knowledge IQ score of 134 is not significantly different from your General IQ score.This score is better than 98.83% of all persons taking this test.

Visual Apprehension

This is the ability of the mind to mentally picture visual information and to be able to extract portions of that information for separate use. A person whose visual apprehension is strong enjoys a richer, more creative appreciation of visual aspects of experiences.

Your Visual Apprehension IQ score of 136 is not significantly different from your General IQ score.This score is better than 99.18% of all persons taking this test.

Geometric

How well one can comprehend geometric relationships of lines, sides, planes, angles, and topological properties strongly determines one's ability to make sense of visual information. The strength of one's geometric ability can strongly determine how quickly knowledge can be absorbed if it is presented visually.

Your Geometric IQ score of 131 is not significantly different from your General IQ score.This score is better than 98.06% of all persons taking this test.

Vocabulary

Knowing the meaning of words is an ability that directly increases along with the increase of general intelligence. The meaning of a word is more easily remembered with higher intelligence, because it takes more intelligence to understand and correctly use words based upon the subtle differences between words with similar meanings and to comprehend difficult concepts which are sometimes symbolized by a single word.

Your Vocabulary IQ score of 125 is not significantly different from your General IQ score.This score is better than 95.22% of all persons taking this test.

Intuition

Intuition is defined as that ability of the mind to develop answers to questions without consciously dealing with the problem at hand. Often a question will provoke your mind to answer without using conscious processing time, and the answer is said to come "out of the blue" or "suddenly, it just struck me". Of all the many abilities of the mind, this is one of the most often used. Just knowing what to do is often an automatic process that occurs without much conscious figuring. Those with stronger intuition make less mistakes and can seem luckier, wiser, or more mature.

Your Intuition IQ score of 124 is not significantly different from your General IQ score.This score is better than 94.52% of all persons taking this test.

Computational Speed

If you can correctly solve a variety of problems faster than another person, you may be demonstrating a generally more orderly internal arrangement of your mind's problem solving methods. While speed cannot be the sole factor in determining overall superiority in one mental operations, in general faster computational speed will often indicate that a problem's comprehension was more complete. With everything else being equal, a person with faster computational speed than another person's will be better at tasks that require the synthesis of many bits of information.

Your Computational Speed IQ score of 98 is significantly lower than your General IQ score.This score is better than 44.70% of all persons taking this test.