My poor little car… We’ve had some good memories together and she slowly falling apart! I got her my sophomore year of college, slightly used. She’s a gold 2000 Ford Focus. It was my mom’s car, but when I threatened that I wouldn’t be able to make as many trips home from college with my ‘96 Ford Escort, Big Red, they gave her to me in 2001 It was a nice upgrade at the time. Now with about 90,000 miles or so, I’ve had her in for service a few times. Of course there’s the normal tires, and brakes that need to be changed. But then the alignment has always been off even after they “fixed it.” My air went out twice now(just this summer), and it’s staying out as we’re going to trade it in soon and it cost more to fix it than my car is worth… (and its the summer… in Florida!!) my back window won’t roll down, I have to fill my tires with air every week because they are slowly losing air… and just today… she died. I was at the gas station and she wouldn’t start up. You turn the key and click-click-click-click she goes. Luckily it was just the battery and my hubby came and gave me a jump. She started up right away, just need the little shock to get her goin…

Of course I could have treated her a little better. Given more regular baths, rotated the tires more often, used premium gasoline instead of unleaded, given more frequent oil changes and not waiting til the last minute, found a place to live where I didn’t have to drive over a million speed bumps at least twice a day… and I didn’t even give her a name! What can you call a gold car anyway!? (think i’ll get too attached if i give her a proper name now? haha)There are lots of things I could have done better, if only I was more into cars and I had my own house to do things ourself so it wouldn’t cost us so much… but alas, I did not do those thing and now she is leaving me…

Now I have the burden of finding a new car- which i like And is affordable and practical, having a car payment! (yikes), and trading this girl in… I don’t even know where to start!