Goodbye, old buddy.

[atara]

I really did sympathize with plonq when he had to say goodbye to his Probe after we got the convertible. I knew that at some point down the road, I would have to do the same to Dexter.

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[enveri]

Aww. *hugs*

I felt the same way when I sold my first car. It was a 1987 Chevrolet Sprint, and I ran the wheels off of it. It started having electrical problems, and I ended up selling it to my uncle for $200.

I still miss that car.

[kamiten]

wow, 11 years younger than my car and as many miles. @.@ Always hard to give up your car, especially when it still runs.

[plonq]

It's hard to part with a car that's been as reliable as this one. Before the recent spate of minor mechanical issues (brakes, clutch, bearings) it was actually a nice car to drive.

[fuzzytoedcollie]

Yeah, I hated to part with my 89 Accord. It only had 416,000 miles on it, but the original engine was starting to miss on a cylinder.... And, at 300,000 miles, I had to put a new clutch in it....

I wound up donating it to a charitable organization, where, I understand, the interns are driving it still!

Granted, we don't have the salt corrosion issues here in the South, nor the -30C weather....

A Truely Reliable Car is a hard thing to give up on.
My condolences.

[rustitobuck]

Aw.

Cranberry is my Neon, she's about 12.5 years old with 73,000 miles. And I know "that day" is coming sooner than I'd like. Hopefully I can keep her a few more years. She's been my companion on many a cool trip, and she feels like an extension of me.

It's like her driver's seat was molded specially to fit me.

Well, literally...

A rear-end collision years ago bent the seat frame into a more comfortable position.