2026 52 Card Project: Week 5: Maeve

[pegkerr]

So I have recently had something non-terrible happen. I have acquired a new car, a 2023 Hyunda Tucson. This has been an extraordinary leap forward in technology for me. In fact, I have remarked that driving it after years of driving my old 2000 Toyota Camry, I feel rather like I am piloting a spaceship.

It has seat warmers! It has a video console! You can move the side mirrors in before entering the garage! It has a backup camera!

This may seem like old hat to you--to anyone who is driving anything built in the last decade--but it is entirely wondrous to me.

I name my cars in alphabetical order, boy-girl-boy-girl. My last car was named Lafayette, so this one needed to be a girl's 'M' name.

Given recent events, I decided that I needed a warrior queen's name and settled upon Maeve.

Image description: Background: deep space, seen over the surface of a planet. A black car (Hyundai Tuscon) sits on the planet surface. A sleek spaceship hovers overhead.

Maeve



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Comments

[jenett]

Maeve is a great name for a car.

(and yeah, getting my new-to-me 2017 Prius last year after driving the 2007 Tucson was a revelation. Backup camera, so nice! The audio hookup just turning on when I start the car!)

[malinaldarose]

Isn't it wild making that leap? I went from a 2009 Caravan to a 2019 Caravan late last summer. No seat warmers, alas, but the video screen and the back up cameras and the power everything. (Doors! Power doors, fercryinoutloud!) Right now, in the depths of winter, I am loving the remote start.

Also, Maeve is an excellent name.