Well, I sold the Lumina.
And nope, I still don’t have my car yet.
Bill and Joe are almost done, they got the transmission rebuilt, and had to take out the engine to get to the air conditioning pump and replace it, but now they just gotta get it all put back together and they have been super busy with the full paying customers! HAHA… which is fine. I’m grateful for everything they are doing. And I am patient. But I will admit.. I’m getting a little heartsick over waiting these three months. Patience is a virtue, so they say.
Well, I was in a dilemma… I was going to have to get plates for the Lumi and then I let them expire, since we weren’t using it and I thought, well, they would have my new baby done any day now… but then the park said, oh, you need to either plate it or remove it. I like that they are concerned about dead cars and such, but I wish I could have had a little longer to try and sell it.
I had it on Craig’s list over the holidays, but no one was interested. It was pretty rough, no doubt. So finally a week ago I got the TWO DAYS notice to do something, so I did something. I lowered the price and said any good decent offer and story would get the car.
And I got a okay offer and decent story. Seems this fellow had a daughter, not too much older than my own, and this daughter had two sets of little boys, and was recently divorced and her car had died on Friday. This was Sunday and they still hadn’t found a van for her and it was a real problem, since she had to get to work and all to take care of her youngin’s and not slip further down the slope of problems. He came, he liked, he offered and I took it. ABout $200 less than my idea rate, but I factored in having to plate the thing ($80 at least) and that it felt good to give the beast to someone that would really use it and need it.
He was so happy, and so nice, and you could tell it was a huge weight off his shoulders. He was just a working class kind of Dad, and doing what he could to help his little girl. (They are always little girls you know… to Dads…. can’t help it I think…) He didn’t mind that one door latch was broke and the window on the driver side didn’t go down… it ran and it was solid and he had solved the problem, at least one of them for awhile. It felt good to see the old beast going to someone that could really use her right.
What’s a hundred bucks when you’re helping to give some positive karma out in the world? I’m hoping that by lightening my auto load here at the Moby… I’m making space in my universe for the new car to fit in.
And it just means more driving lessons for Jessy, because I made a pact that whenever she’s in the car with me, she drives. So that’s good. And working at home and all, I can get by without much driving.
It does feel weird though to be without a car of my own and having to ask my teenager if I can borrow her car to go to band practice… hahaha.
It’s been a week and a few days since the Lumi left us and I have to say, I kinda miss her sitting out there just waiting to be taken out for a trot. I do attach to my cars, I’m a little weird like that. I remember every car I ever owned. I do. Ever since I was 17, I had a car of my own.
I’ve owned a lot of cars…
78 Volkswagen Scirocco (For a week)
79 Dodge Aspen
79 Ford Fiesta (tin can car!!!)
81 Honda Civic
Chevy Malibu Station Wagon (can’t remember the year….)
80 Toyota Pickup Truck (Best $200 deal I ever made!)
79 White Buick Century (Second best $200 deal I ever made!)
86 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport (This car was stolen twice! )
01 Dodge Neon (This was the first car we bought brand new)
92 Dodge Caravan (Gave it to some friends in need)
94 Mercury Sable Station Wagon (LOVED that car!)
86 Chrysler Concorde (I technically owned this car twice… bought it married, and got it back later on)
03 Chrysler Town and Country Van (Sweet ride…. $30 grand worth of fancy van…)
05 Chrysler Pacifica (not bad, but a little boxy and weird….)
85 Chevy Lumina (Good old Lumi)
98 Mercury Sable Wagon (Jessy’s Car… awesome vehicle)
And my 2002 Ford Taurus wagon will be car #17. Eventually. Maybe. Technically it’s 16, but since I’m on the title with the Sable, and I’m paying for insurance and gas and oil changes and gas filters…. hahaha… I think it counts in my car total. So Gunnar is going to be #17.
Did I mention I’ve already named the black beast? Hee hee hee…. Yeah… Gunnar. Gunnar is a Norse old name meaning Warrior of Strife or Bold Warrior, Strong Warrior…. When I was younger, I wrote stories of a fantasy nature and there was a particularly wonderful old war horse in the stories named Gunnar and he was crafty, smart and stubborn at times, but always brave and true. I’m hoping that my new car will possess these qualities… it’s certainly being stubborn at the moment and enjoying it’s time of leisure sitting in a shop garage all safe and snuggly from the cold and snow and ice and salt. But eventually, as all good warhorses must do, he has to come to my aid and do his duty as my new warsteed in this battle called Life.
And it’s just fun to name your autobeasts. Why not?
Bill said this week….. I hope he meant THIS week… not like next this week… (hee hee)
Sigh… good things are worth waiting for.
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OMG you’ve had alot of cars! I remember the Ford Fiesta, my sister and I played in one at the dealership when my parents were buying a 78 Granada which later became my first car. My favorite car of all time is a third generation Camaro, I’ve had four of them, 84,90,91 & 92. Oh that was love at first sight!
I love cars as well, I’ve had not as many as you but I’m working on it. My real FIRST car was a 89 Blazer, I had it one week and it died. But it was free, and the only reason it died is someone poured sugar in the gas tank. (I think that’s why it was free and they knew it)
My list:
1989 Chevy Blazer (Jan 06)
1995 Saturn SC2 (45 MPG!!!! She was awesome!) (February 06-January of 08)
1990 GMC Hi-Top Conversion Van (Tv, VCR, Bed, I loved this thing! We had so much fun on family trips with it. It’s a funny story, but my mom sold it to our neighbor and I bought it back from them a year later. Only reason I parted with it is because gas got to be 4.00 bucks a gallon and I was driving 80+ miles a day.)
1991 Oldsmobile Silhouette (Originally from Virginia, loved it as well)
2005 Kia Optima (Originally my moms car but she bought a new one and gave it to me, repo’ed last year when I lost my job)
2001 Daewoo Nubira (Nightmare, GM Manufactured this turd)
1997 Saturn SC2 (Owned 1 month, bought for 200, really used this a a yard cart lol I taught a 9 year old how to drive a stick in this)
1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme ( She was a fun, lovable car, I kinda miss her throaty exhaust sound)
1996 Volvo 850 GLT – My current and most favorite car! Midnight blue with blue leather interior. This car has all the bells and whistles, I practically stole it. Owners wanted 3200 for it, after wheeling, dealing, and walking away from it twice they finally let it go for 1600…can I negotiate or what? LOL Had to fix a few things on it but I did it all myself. Had to reshim the A/C clutch (a must for Florida), fix the ABS modular, and brakes. Next month she is going into the shop, the CV Joint on the passenger side is starting to make clicking noises when turning, this is something I don’t have the tools or know how to fix myself. She is a keeper though, I plan on driving her for a long time.