My first car
– back when I was in college – was an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Gosh I loved that car! It was big (but not quite the boat-size that
some were) and at that time I could fit everything I owned in it. Perfect.
After I graduated and started working I traded it in for my first NEW
car – a Toyota Corolla. It was cheap and
so tiny. I missed my Cutlass, but it was
only getting 7-8 miles to the gallon and this was during the gas crisis days of
the 70’s.
Years past
and I/we (the collective married we) bought other cars. It wasn’t until 2000 when I bought a Mazda
Millenia that I actually fell in love with a car again. My Millenia was such a beautiful and fabulous
car. Heated seats, a sun roof, good stereo
system, etc. I wish Mazda still made the
Millenia (at least they still make the Miata which I do love too…but have never
owned).
After some
time we turned the Mazda over to our son who took it to Pittsburgh while he was
in college. Then it lived in our
driveway for a year while he taught school in South Korea, returned to
Pittsburgh for awhile and then came East again.
Last night we traded it in.
Boo-Hoo. It had just under $150k
miles on it and really had started to nickel-and-dime our son with various
repairs. The original plan had been to
donate the car, but when our son decided to buy a new car it just seemed easier
to trade Stella (our son’s name for it) in.
Naturally we didn’t get much for it, but a tad bit knocked off the price
of his new car. It’s all good, but I
really do miss Stella.
On a
positive note, the Millenia (and our son) are now OFF our insurance policy
which will cut our premium down a lot!
As I said, it’s all good.
And further good
news: received an e-mail from Tolt – my yarn
for Sigla should be delivered tomorrow!
Woo-Hoo!! Now I’m poised to leave
work shortly and Fletch and I will take off for a camping weekend. Tonight will be chilly, but tomorrow is
forecast to be in the lower 70’s – perfect weather for doing some hiking in the
mountains. My Kindle and some sock
knitting are packed to go.
Enjoy your
weekend whatever you do!
