Finally sold my old car today. While I absolutely love my new car, it felt kinda weird to sign him (yes, the Jeep was a him) over. I’ve had him since December 1995. Longer than I’ve had my husband.
I bought him brand new after getting side-swiped and almost crushed in my Miata – felt that I needed a bigger, safer car for driving up to Tahoe (just learned to snowboard then.) And boy – this Jeep has kept me and the huskies very safe in our rainy, foggy, snowy, windy-road and mountainy travels :)
223k miles and pretty much perfect condition as far as the body goes. Needs new tires. And the engine has to go at some point, right? But the guy who bought it got it for his son who is going to put a low-mileage engine in him and drive as an off-road truck. So hopefully my safe Jeep karma can pass to him too :) And I’m happy to know he will be used and not just crushed. I felt a bit sad thinking about that happening (talking cars in movies can do that to you!)
Bye Jeep – thanks for taking care of me and the huskies all these years…
5:24 am on August 18th, 2010
It is easy to get emotionally attached to a vehicle – especially one that lasted so long for you – heck I still have my 1997 Defender 90 and will probably never give it up – funny how a car can outlast a relationship :)
10:27 am on August 18th, 2010
Heh…because they are usually more reliable ;)