some cars go away with no regret or even relief. others we loved but had to move along.
my first car was a used 1966 ford mustang hardtop 6cyl in goofy green-blue that i got in 1976. a few years later my then new, now ex, wife argued continually that it never worked for her (well, it was a tad tempermental). may god forgive me but i traded it for a chevy chevette, which was utterly reliable and forgettable. i always wished that my mustang found a warm home with a loving collector...
last year i parted with what became a one too many, utterly reliable car, a 2004 toyota corolla. i had bought it used from hertz in oregon in 2006 on returning from korea, drove it across country for six weeks and then up to canada for work, up and down the east coast umpteen times, and passed it to my sister when i returned to asia. last year she inherited our aging mom’s 2006 toyota highlander so we sold it at 103k miles to her coworker’s teenaged daughter. my sister happily saw it occasionally. two days ago it was t-boned when an idiot ran a red light. the teenager was fine but the corolla was totaled. i suppose that this beloved by many, faithful corolla’s quick death on duty, on the road, sparing the owner, is preferable to being junked because it became unfashionable.
at least i got to know the post-hertz corolla’s story. i wonder if others have similar tales of a former car?
my first car was a used 1966 ford mustang hardtop 6cyl in goofy green-blue that i got in 1976. a few years later my then new, now ex, wife argued continually that it never worked for her (well, it was a tad tempermental). may god forgive me but i traded it for a chevy chevette, which was utterly reliable and forgettable. i always wished that my mustang found a warm home with a loving collector...
last year i parted with what became a one too many, utterly reliable car, a 2004 toyota corolla. i had bought it used from hertz in oregon in 2006 on returning from korea, drove it across country for six weeks and then up to canada for work, up and down the east coast umpteen times, and passed it to my sister when i returned to asia. last year she inherited our aging mom’s 2006 toyota highlander so we sold it at 103k miles to her coworker’s teenaged daughter. my sister happily saw it occasionally. two days ago it was t-boned when an idiot ran a red light. the teenager was fine but the corolla was totaled. i suppose that this beloved by many, faithful corolla’s quick death on duty, on the road, sparing the owner, is preferable to being junked because it became unfashionable.
at least i got to know the post-hertz corolla’s story. i wonder if others have similar tales of a former car?