Tori Angeli (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
tori_angeli) wrote2009-12-09 12:50 pm
tori_angeli) wrote2009-12-09 12:50 pm
The Car is Dead. Long Live the Car.
I know a Chevy Impala is not everyone's dream car--not if it comes from this decade, anyway--but I've wanted one for a few years. They're good cars.
So my 1997 Intrepid is dead. (How dead is it?) It's so dead, I left it with my parents when I left after Thanksgiving and borrowed their Honda. They've been renting a car ever since while the mechanic tries to save the Intrepid. It seems to be a lost cause. My mom isn't even sure if they'll be able to get it up the hill to their house, though my dad thinks she's exaggerating. Well, it was a good, solid car for more than a decade. It deserves a rest.
So my mom texted me yesterday with pics of a 2004 Impala they found. They're friends with the dealer and got a great deal on it. Like, serious. Sunroof, geniune leather seats, stuff like that. It's the car the dealer and his son use to trek around town whenever they need to leave the shop. The dealer liking the car that much is usually a good sign.
Yeah, it's my car now.
This wouldn't happen if my dad hadn't JUST gotten his inheritance from his mother, who died over a year ago. Since I've been supporting myself with a part-time job, car payments would have been hell to try to make without the help of my parents, who aren't a lot better off than I am. Well, I've got amazing parents, because they're paying for most of the car up front. I don't have to go bankrupt or miss a day of work for not having a vehicle, AND I have a vehicle that will last me a while.
God is good.
So my 1997 Intrepid is dead. (How dead is it?) It's so dead, I left it with my parents when I left after Thanksgiving and borrowed their Honda. They've been renting a car ever since while the mechanic tries to save the Intrepid. It seems to be a lost cause. My mom isn't even sure if they'll be able to get it up the hill to their house, though my dad thinks she's exaggerating. Well, it was a good, solid car for more than a decade. It deserves a rest.
So my mom texted me yesterday with pics of a 2004 Impala they found. They're friends with the dealer and got a great deal on it. Like, serious. Sunroof, geniune leather seats, stuff like that. It's the car the dealer and his son use to trek around town whenever they need to leave the shop. The dealer liking the car that much is usually a good sign.
Yeah, it's my car now.
This wouldn't happen if my dad hadn't JUST gotten his inheritance from his mother, who died over a year ago. Since I've been supporting myself with a part-time job, car payments would have been hell to try to make without the help of my parents, who aren't a lot better off than I am. Well, I've got amazing parents, because they're paying for most of the car up front. I don't have to go bankrupt or miss a day of work for not having a vehicle, AND I have a vehicle that will last me a while.
God is good.
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