I've had this car for almost 10 years and today I had to say good-bye to it. (And yes, that is a hole in the side of my house!) I put a lot of miles on it when I was in college, driving back and forth from NC to PA. No problems through college and we were pretty sure it would serve us well through Casey's four years of medical school. But we didn't feel so confident about his three years of residency, as the mileage was well over 175,000. But it was good to us and we were happy when we finished and it was still running smoothly with only moderate, age-based repairs from time to time. Casey had been driving it since medical school and we had originally planned to upgrade for him when this one started to wear down. But this car was like the Energizer Bunny - it kept going and going. Well, after residency last summer, Casey told me that although we had planned that the next car would be for him, we really needed to upgrade the family car. At that point, I stopped cheering for the Engergizer Bunny and secretly hoped for its quick demise. So when Casey called me on his way home from work one day last month telling me that the car was shaking badly and making funny noises, I danced for joy. Then I quickly contacted local car dealers and I had already registered for Costco's auto program before he even got home. But at 197,000 miles, the Camry was a good car to us and I'm happy that it will now help another young girl get back and forth to college (ok, so it turned out that the shaking and nosies were easily fixable, but after my dance for joy, there was no going back)
Now I feel like a full-fledged mom because my car matches all the other cars in the preschool parking lot!
2 comments:
Oh, no - you didn't!
I am so jealous. My 1998 Grand Caravan won't die, with over 125,000 miles on it. It doesn't seem to understand that it's an American car and it must DIE. Congrats on your new soccer-mom car, you'll enjoy it! - Aunt Gini
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