Ok, ok. I'm such a girl. I'm getting choked up at the thought of getting rid of my car.
I was not quite 13 when my parents bought my '97 Grand Am. My parents asked me very specifically what I thought of the car, saying it would be mine one day. First week of September '99 I got my driver's license. Spring of 2000, my parents bought a 2000 Grand Am for my mom, and I bought the '97 from them for $3000.
I remember Steve and I buying leopard print seat and steering wheel covers for it. After a while he hated it, but I loved my little leopard car. He bought me a disc-man so I could listen to CD's in the car for my 17th birthday. On my 19th birthday, he bought me a proper CD player and had it installed for me.
I remember the morning I woke up and my car had been broken in to. I bawled my eyes out. They smashed a back window, got blood all over the seats and took my CD player. And my 'In The Name Of Love" CD I was 8 months pregnant, I was an angry mess: had to shampoo the car, replace the window, replace the radio and fix the broken door.
I've always loved my car - because it was mine.
We've put a lot into this car over the last few years. It was great to not have to worry about a car payment. But the gas mileage has been getting worse, and we really have put quite a bit into it every year.
I'm hoping it can be fixed, that we can get at least 6 more months out of it. I know that whatever car we get next will probably driven by our kids. I don't even want to think that far in advance... For now, let's just just hope it can be fixed at a reasonable price, and I'll have to find a reasonably priced car to replace it with when the time comes.
Suggestions...?
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