Cash for Clunkers...NO WAY!!!

This is a story about the most amazing mini van ever...it has been paid for for 3 or 4 years now. It might not be pretty, but it is all ours! It has been refered by some nay sayers as a ghetto mobile. Here in this family we try never to judge a book by its cover. It has been so good to us, not once broken down and left us on the side of the road stranded...came close...but kept going...

Here is the face I have looked at for over 10 years now. We bought her when Doug was just a baby. Jacob was a toddler. She was born into our family after about 8 hours of labor in the dealership waiting room. I think we got a "good" price for her because Jacob was running around like a maniac after a few hours and the fact that I started breastfeeding Douglas in the middle of the showroom. I think they wanted us OUTA THERE! I don't know how we will negotiate the next car purchase without a nursing baby. Hmm?

Like us all it has begun to show its age...Wrinkles and cracks...but it takes awhile to make seats comfy. About 10 years or so...

The crack in the windshield is unfortunate...but it was fun watching it move across the windshield each time we drove somewhere. It also got us talking about how glass breaks, what kind of glass windshields are made of, what would cause it to crack faster etc. It turned out to be quite educational. Without that crack...we would have missed out on a tremendous educational opportunity with our children.

Oh the side door...Looks so sad...it is also feeling it's age. It doesn't like to close as easily anymore...one day I predict it will just fall off.

We lost our first hubcap about 6 years ago now. Steve being frugal...didn't want to buy 4 hubcaps when we only needed one...finally after 10 years or so...we lost another...I think one was cracked and he took off the last one so they would all "match"...this is the part about the car that drives me the craziest. But why spend money on the car now?

All and all we love our clunker...I am afraid now that the check engine light has relit, the abs break light is on and the door is ajar light is on all the time...the end might be near...

Some other attributes of our car...air conditioning gone about 2 years ago. Only one window works...the drivers side. The shocks are shot...feels like riding in a hay wagon. There are two cd's jammed into the cd player so that doesn't work anymore...One is my favorite CD...thanks Curtis! Like all things you are fond of...things have a certain smell. Our van is a mixture between...french fries, rotting fruit, stinky socks, and melting crayons. You really must experience it to appreciate it!

We love our car...no cash for clunkers for us...anyway...if I had money to buy a new car...really would I still be driving this around???