Yesterday we sold my old car.
It is old. Almost 20 years old. A 1991 Toyota Camry. If it had gone to school it would have graduated last year. Or maybe two or three years ago since everyone knows Toyotas are superior :)
We bought a (used) minivan about a month ago and so we needed to get rid of one of our two cars - mine being the oldest, had to go.
I felt a bit nostalgic about losing the Camry...my dh bought it 15 yrs ago just before he made his maiden voyage to Canada - to visit me for the first time in my native land (we had met before but always in the USA).
It was the car we drove on our honeymoon, the car I learned to drive on, the car we brought baby #1 home from the hospital in, the car I've driven almost daily for the past 10 years.
It had it's problems...a transmission rebuild the year after we bought it -some mysterious undiagnosable stalling problems for a year or so a few years ago (that finally did get diagnosed and fixed) and a number of minor annoyances and body deterioration - but I still "loved" it. If it weren't for the minivan purchase (necessitated by the need for a (hopefully) more reliable vehicle after dh's car showed evidence of slowing down in its old age -14 yrs) -I would have driven it until it died or fell apart due to rust!
It is old. Almost 20 years old. A 1991 Toyota Camry. If it had gone to school it would have graduated last year. Or maybe two or three years ago since everyone knows Toyotas are superior :)
We bought a (used) minivan about a month ago and so we needed to get rid of one of our two cars - mine being the oldest, had to go.
I felt a bit nostalgic about losing the Camry...my dh bought it 15 yrs ago just before he made his maiden voyage to Canada - to visit me for the first time in my native land (we had met before but always in the USA).
It was the car we drove on our honeymoon, the car I learned to drive on, the car we brought baby #1 home from the hospital in, the car I've driven almost daily for the past 10 years.
It had it's problems...a transmission rebuild the year after we bought it -some mysterious undiagnosable stalling problems for a year or so a few years ago (that finally did get diagnosed and fixed) and a number of minor annoyances and body deterioration - but I still "loved" it. If it weren't for the minivan purchase (necessitated by the need for a (hopefully) more reliable vehicle after dh's car showed evidence of slowing down in its old age -14 yrs) -I would have driven it until it died or fell apart due to rust!
2 comments:
It is time to say goodbye to our old cars!
We can become attached to a vehicle that has provided faithfull and reliable service, especialy when it's been around for along time.It is almost like a pet.
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