As I write this I know the inevitable is about to happen. I must go clean out my car in preparation of sending it away to hopefully a really nice person who will love it and take care of it for some time to come. No, there was no car accident, just a finacial decision that Daniel and I had to make on my car. As much as I love my car, the amount of work that needs to be put into it and with no guarentee that it will last a lot longer since its creaping up to 150000 it is with much sadness that I must retire it. I find this type of letting go much like getting a new home. In fact thats really the only other time I have felt this way. I love my mazda more than any car ever. (but on that account i did have some pretty pathetic previous cars like the rust bucket lebaron with the leaky roof and then the white mazda protege that every time I had service done to it there needed more.)
To start off my journey with my mazda.... back in 2003 Valerie was dating or just friends with this guy named Brock. He rolled up to my parents house with his brand new black mazda 3 and I was WOWED by it! I did not even sit in the car but knew that that car HAD to be mine. I was determined that that was the only one for me and there wasnt anything that could out do it ever. When my white mazda protege did not pass inspection in the fall of 05, and then I was told that my engine was going to blow any time along with a laundry list of things, I knew that I needed to make a finacial decision about purchasing a new car. After talking to Daniel (since he worked and works and the car dealership) I saw my mazda 3i on the internet. It was a bit more than what I wanted to spend but we were able to get the payment that I could work with. Since I didnt have to save up for paying for any more semesters in college I knew that I could afford the payment on the car and the more expensive insurance. So I met Daniel at the dealership and he told me to go find my car. Of course I didnt know what I was supposed to be looking for but was hoping that it was the mazda 3 that I told him about. IT WAS! I was so excited. I got in and hugged the stearing wheel. I was thrilled that this was MY new car. I was a grown up and making those payments on it and loving it and taking care of it. I drove that car everywhere. If you asked my mom about 9 years ago if I would ever put the sentance of me driving everywhere in a car together she would have laughed. I hated driving as a teenager. I refused to even get my license until I had to at age 18 and a few days old. That car has been to the beach so many times, to Charlotte, Durham, and Fayetteville too. I have gone to Atlanta with it and many more places. It was good. Recently I have been driving it 90 + miles every day to and from work.
Back to the decision on why I have chosen another route now. To be frank, my car is work X amount of dollars. Its needs about half of X amount of dollars to keep it running for about a year and that is to say if nothing else creeps up. I could name out the laundry list of things that it needs but that would be a whole other blog.
The new car that I test drove on Saturday night was a mistubishi lancer es sport. Honestly its almost identical in looks from the inside and outside. Its the same size minus a couple inches and has about the same gas milage. There are a few pluses with it. For starters it has what I have always dreamed of... a SUNROOF!!!!! I think that might be the most excited I am about the car. It drives like im floating on clouds and the lights are AMAZING!!! I can actually see at night and in the rain. Thank goodness. My mazda was the worst on lights. I would be driving like an old grandma in her 90's in my mazda when it was dark and rainy. I was terrified.
The seats and inside are black (nice!) the sound system is AMAZING! It tells me hello and goodbye like my mazda does. Same car, different color plus added bonuses really.
So in every way its just like getting a new house. You hate to see the other one go, you know you will never have it again, but you are so excited about where you are going in life. You cant wait to start memories in your new one and are so proud of what you have gotten. My mazda will always have a very very special place in my heart just like that piece of rust chrysler lebaron with the leaky roof. There will always be great stories about the past like the time when Granddaddy was picking Val and me up from the airport and couldnt figure out why the door wouldnt open... he needed to push the key fob. hehe.
Im really excited about the future and what it entails. I have already taken picutures of my car but the camera isnt around... ill have to do that later. I cant wait to start new memories and have a long life with my new car.
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