Today has been rough for me.
I know this is going to sound stupid, but today has been rough for me.
Today I got rid of my first car. :( I've had this car since High School, and I've held on to it for so long in hopes that one day I'd be able to finally fix it, or get on Pimp My Ride. It's strange how attached you can become to an inanimate object. For a long time, the Sentra or "The StreetRod" as some liked to call it, was my place to find peace and quiet. Even when it was having problems, I could always go out to my car, lock the doors, turn on some music and just close my eyes and forget about the rest of the world outside. It used to also be a retreat from school. Ben and I spent over half of Mr Stoll's class driving around Westerville, listening to music, and just hanging out. It went to Orlando, FL when Bobo decided not to let us take his Subrurban. There are so many good times that involved that little red car. Walking down the side of the road looking for a gas station or someone with a cell phone, doing dough-nuts in Highland Lakes, Hitting mailboxes, getting slammed into by Veronikas Cavalier, the system in the trunk, the neon's, the window tint, the feeling of being young and fearless, the list could go on and on. It broke down 5 million times, but that didn't matter. It didn't ever let me down. It always ran when I really needed it to, and it was always my place to go when I felt I could go nowhere else.I hope I don't seem to weird for how I feel about the car, it's just meant alot to me, and even though it hadn't moved in a year, I always knew it was right outside my front door, and many nights, if I needed to relax or just look up at the stars, I would go out and sit on the trunk, lean back on the rear windshield and chill. I have a better car now, (I think, though it seems to be a piece of shit right now) but it hasn't earned the respect the Sentra had yet. It hasn't proved its dependability, it's still the new kid in school. One day I hope I can say the same thing about the Monte, but for now, the StreetRod will always be my favorite car, and I won't ever forget about the times with friends spent in it, or the great adventures I went on in it.
I attached a few pictures of the car as it was taken away. I wanted to take more, but didn't have a chance.
(My digital camera was in the house somewhere.) The pictures are from my Sony cell phone.
-- It's starting to hit me now, I won't ever see The Rod put on another tow truck again :( --
`'*-= "The StreetRod" July 28th, 1992 - August 29th, 2005 - REST IN PEACE =-*'`
