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I am now officially the proud owner of a 2000 Metallic Forest Green Honda CRV. After four years of payments, the Mystery Machine is finally mine!
It's such a nice feeling to know that I don't have to worry about payments anymore, that this car is completely mine. I feel like I've achieved something financially. Also, that I've got some extra money every month to save up for a house.
So this is an ode to my wonderful car, which many of you who read this blog have ridden in, eaten in, laughed in, screamed at horror because of my driving in...
<--My car, during dirtier times.
We've been through a lot together, this car and I.
A few months before getting a car, I had seen a fortune teller, who really freaked me out. He said I was dating a man of smaller stature, but who was very healthy and muscular, who maybe like wrestling or weightlifting as a hobby. He said more, and essentially was describing Dave. He also said things that were uncannily true. Then he said that I will be buying a car in the future, and that car will be blue. So when it came to the time for me to buy a car, I made SURE it wasn't blue. I got the only other car they had on the lot, the green one, which was the perfect one I wanted - leather seats, CD/Cassette, pretty wheel cover. So was the start of me and my car.
Since then, we've been on many adventures. We've crossed the country, through plains, mountains, snow, hail and sleet. She kept me safe as I drove home from Thousand Oaks, crying, after finding out that my mother was dying. She has survived 2 accidents, both pretty minor, neither of them my fault (my dad backed into a pole and someone nicked me on the side). She has transported all kinds of cargo in her trunk, like snowboards, computers, food, card tables, and Olympians. She has driven all over Southern California. She got us safely to Michigan after being lost for 6 hours. Webmasters have been taxiied around in her back seat. Coworkers have driven her when I've been too drunk to drive home. She's maxed out at 9 passengers. I've taken her to 100mph. People have borrowed her to drive around. She has been my fortress of solitude, when I needed time to think and drive around with the windows open and music blaring.
I'm looking forward to what's coming up next for me and my car, as we enter this new stage of my car's life!
Posted by Yano at May 20, 2004 11:46 AMNo car payments is a fabulous feeling!
Posted by: Melinda on May 20, 2004 12:26 PMyay! congrats! ^_^
Posted by: bumblebootie on May 20, 2004 01:06 PMCONGRATULATIONS!!! :-) wowie, i've been saying that alot today! dedok got a job too! so a round of congrats for all!!!
Posted by: Aleiah on May 20, 2004 02:02 PMyay! i get to join you when i pay off my car in a few months time, too!!!!
and i'm thinking that a CRV will be my next car, too.
Posted by: waterlily on May 20, 2004 02:50 PMCongratulations! It is indeed a great feeling paying off your car.
Posted by: Sue on May 20, 2004 04:30 PMPaying off a car is a great feeling.
Uh...what Olympians have you been hauling around in your trunk?
Posted by: Trisha on May 20, 2004 05:35 PMCONGRATS on the raise!!! :)
How could you forget the pics you've take of 18 wheelers wizzing by while you were driving her? hahaha
You kill me.
Posted by: Tex on May 20, 2004 11:18 PMKat - my dad is thinking of getting one, too!
Trisha - You know, sometimes you just pick them off the street needing a ride....*wink*
Tex - there have been MANY pics I have taken while I have been driving!
Posted by: yano on May 21, 2004 08:21 AMAnd what webmasters have you been driving around for that matter? ;)
Congrats. I'm sure it's a thrill. One I don't think I'll experience for years and years!
Posted by: Noelle on May 21, 2004 09:59 AMI remember when car notes were only 3 years. Congratulations Yano. You and Dave sock that filthy lucre back for a house downpayment and fund a 401(k)plan if you can. The compounding effect at your age is amazing :)
SusanG
Posted by: SusanG on May 21, 2004 02:16 PM
