Sniff....

We had to get a new car.  It's shiny, and sleek and doesn't smell like fifteen years of use.  I don't like it.  I mean, as a car it's fine, but I miss the old one, the one that was completely paid for, the first car Carl and I bought together, I miss our little red corolla.  So what if the paint was chipping off, it shook when you drove it, and we had to jimmy rig the handle with wire to get it to open...hold on I'm having a hard time remembering my point.  New car vs. old car...new car not as good as old...why is new car not as good as old?  Did I mention that the corolla was totally and 100% paid for?  Let's be honest, that's a big bonus point in the corolla's favor.  That and the fact that after fifteen years, 338,000 miles, and at least a dozen spilled smoothies, we didn't have any problems or issues with the corolla (besides the funky smell of dried smoothie sitting in the sun.  Yowza!  That'll clear the sinus's.) not one!  The day Carl traded-in the corolla I texted him and told him to take a picture.  He texted back, "I already did."  Sigh...what sentimental old fools we've become.

A very blurry picture of the corolla.  Sadly it doesn't show my attempts to 'repaint' and 'recover' the fading and chipping paint.  I won't say anything more on that subject except Carl still shudders when he sees me with paint in my hand.











 I thought we would simply get another corolla but apparently I was wrong.  Carl wanted something sportier. (the whole 'accelerating on it's own' thing with the newer corolla's didn't help either)  Carl might have said sportier, but I heard smaller.  How in the world was my six foot six macho man going to fit into something smaller?  He already drove the corolla with his head touching the ceiling.  And it's not like corolla's are known for their vast and roomy interior.  A friend suggested we get a Lexus.  Why I don't know.  So far we haven't hit that independently wealthy part of our marriage.  Plus, a Lexus isn't Purnell friendly.  My mom had a Lexus and our experience with it wasn't exactly Lexus ownership encouraging.  Carl was just too tall.  If he wanted to ride in it, or drive it, he had to open the sun roof so his head would have someplace to go.  I would have made fun, but I had my own issues.  Whenever I drove I had to sit so close that, every time I checked my blind spot, my chest would honk the horn.  Needless to say we did not get a Lexus.  We got a Honda Civic Coupe - two door.  And Carl actually fits better in it than he did in the corolla.  The seat sits back and low so his height is an advantage.  As for my height, there's no way I'll be driving the new car.  Not unless I can figure out a way to see over the dashboard and get my feet to touch the pedals at the same time.  But, on the bright side, at least there will be no chest honking.