...but yesterday we said goodbye to a dependable and trusted friend...
I bought this 1989 Toyota Corolla in December of 1990, when Jim and I were dating. It had only 18,000 miles on it at the time, and I was thrilled to have a nice car, after driving an old two door Pontiac Sunbird, (aka the Sun Chicken) in which I felt like I was sitting on the road with my feet sticking straight out in front of me!
Here it is on our wedding day in 1993...
This car saw us through all of our married life so far...two kids in car seats...200,000 miles...countless trips to school and back...we hauled goats in it this spring...and it has served as our "farm car" for the last several years. It was a 5-speed manual, and it was a great car for Eric to learn to drive stick in.
The engine was still running great, but the body was rusted out beyond repair. The trunk had a huge hole in it from carrying heavy bags of feed back and forth to the other farm, the exhaust had developed yet another hole in it, and the brakes went out last week. Knowing that it would never even come close to passing PA inspection this coming October, we decided that we weren't spending another penny on it. So...yesterday it went down the road behind a tow truck, sold for scrap. The neighbors will miss hearing the hot rod coming up the road...or so I've been told! :)
Now we're car shopping...oh joy.
So...after twenty three years of faithful service...farewell old friend!
Maybe you will find a new corolla!
ReplyDeleteIt's always difficult to say goodbye to a faithful friend even when it means you get to go car shopping.
ReplyDeleteI'd say you got your money's worth! Well done!
ReplyDeleteWhat a good long time of service!
ReplyDeleteOh it had a wonderful run and so did you.I am sad now too:) Hug B
ReplyDeleteIt served you well! I hope my car lasts as long! :)
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't think you are overly sentimental. I felt like I was leaving my dog at the pound when I traded in my 1985 Toyota Celica in 1996. And, I still have THAT car, too - a 1995 Grand Am. Still going strong and I will miss it when it finally goes. I think you and I certainly get our money's worth from our cars!
ReplyDeleteVictoria in CT
i cried when i got rid of my favorite little car, ever. drove it for 12 yrs, then parked it in the barn for another 2 before i could let it go. :(
ReplyDeleteI think you got a great run from the little grey car! Now you can find a new little grey ghost!
ReplyDeleteIt is hard getting rid of cars that you have driven and driven. My car now is 12 years old and I am very attached. I use it like a farm truck and I would be lost without it.
ReplyDeleteI hope you love your new car just as much.
I get attached to vehicles and tractors too! So hard to see them go when you rely on them for years and for so much.
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