Holy Smokes!
Posted by Dory @ Lucky Dorito on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
We are not the kind of people that trade cars often.
Hardly ever, actually. So rarely, in fact, that it is a BIG deal for me when we do!
My beloved 1995 Nissan Quest, purchased in 1997 with about 20k miles on it was driven and driven…. I jokingly said I would drive it until the wheels fell off. I didn’t know how close to accurate that would end up being twelve years and 180 thousand miles later.
It’s been through two babies and car seats, two dogs (three part of the time while I dogsat for my brother-in-law’s English Bulldog one summer) eleven trips to the beach (at 1200 miles a pop), one trip to Texas last summer (at nearly 2000 miles), one weekend bloggers get-together, hundreds of trips over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house, and hundreds upon hundreds of trips to Wal-Mart.
Yesterday, that all came to an end when my trusty ole’ Quest van was finally traded in for a new one. Well, new to us, anyway. A 2007 Honda Odyssey is now parked in my driveway. I pray that it lasts as long and runs as well as its predecessor.
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Shannonon 29 Apr 2009 at 6:33 am 1So excited for your beautiful new van! And I love that you got it just it time to christen it with a trip to Texas!
Love it and love you!
Jenon 29 Apr 2009 at 7:11 am 2How exciting! I hope she is as good to you as the last one, too!
Katon 29 Apr 2009 at 9:34 am 3Yippee! Nothing more exciting than a new car!
Beccaon 29 Apr 2009 at 10:00 am 4Very nice!
Tracieon 29 Apr 2009 at 11:58 am 5very nice! I will be driving my 1995 for many, many more years!
Stacyon 29 Apr 2009 at 4:38 pm 6Congrats! Enjoy!
Jeanon 30 Apr 2009 at 8:53 pm 7How great!! Congratulations! I don’t know why, but getting a new (to us) car is always so exciting!
hugs,
Jean