It leaks a little oil like many old cars and has a few scratches and dents, but not many. In fact, it drives almost perfectly, aside from poor gast mileage. Yet it also has its own peculiar ticks on top of all the normal ones. Take, for example, the time the turn signal came disattached when I was using it to merge onto the freeway. Yep, haven't fixed that yet since I figured out another way to work it. Or the fact that the passenger side door can only be opened from the inside.
I love my van, and I will call it Fran, because I shan't take for granted that the gets me from point a to point b in one piece. Or that I now have the additional responsibilities of a car parent: Seattle tabs and driver's insurance. Somehow it just isn't as exciting owning a car as I thought it would be when I was seventeen.
Posted on February 01, 2006 @ 11:35 PM | 6 comments
Comments:
What kind of car did you have before?
Since my first car, which I chose myself, I have had two 'no other choice' family donations (alright, one I had to pay for, but I could have gotten no car even close to that good for the amount my mom charged me). These cars - they may not be the perfect car for us, but they DO get us from point A to B, they DO definitely deserve names, and they WILL someday make the purchasing of the cars we really want even more sweet. Congrats on the car!
By 
Adrienne, at
5:31 AM, February 02, 2006
Be good to Fran. She got me through senior year of highschool when everyone else had BMWs. She can be testy, and parking her sucks but you can take 6 of your friends wherever you want to go! Plus, who doesn't want a red car with black racing stripes! ;-) I know you've had her a while, but congrats on becoming her official mother. Give her a kiss for me and tell her I didn't mean it when I traded her in for dad's car. The transmission issues scared me.
By 
Titania, at
9:34 AM, February 02, 2006
Rollout! Oh yeah... point A to point B, that's all that really matters.
By , at
9:42 AM, February 02, 2006
Adrienne: I've never had a car before... I never needed one. The thing is, I'm hesitant even to take this one and wonder if I've made the right decision. Justin and I are now a 2-car household without a dire need for two cars. This makes me feel environmentally guilty, on top of it being an added expense that I don't *really* need.
tit: (lolz) Well, the "transmission" issue was really a wiring issue and since dad fixed it this summer, it hasn't happened once. :-) And I got through senior year of high school just fine without *any* car when everyone else had BMWs. ;-P [Yes, this was even before Justin had his mazda.]
By Kat, at
10:11 AM, February 02, 2006
By Kat, at
5:12 PM, February 02, 2006
being a car owner does not oblige you drive said car anymore than you have to. you can still walk and bike to work and use Fran when you need her. congrats!
By Rachel, at
4:45 PM, February 03, 2006
