Bye Bye Saturn

So I did it. I finally have gotten tired of my white Saturn and traded it in for a Ford Focus. I still remember the day I brought it home. It was a sunny Saturday and I had been bugging my Dad for several weeks to take me car shopping. I was driving the 1995 brown Ford Taurus that Mom and Dad purchased when I was in high school and the White Wonder Chevy Celebrity had to be deeded to the hands of Maggie and I so that we could cart our buns around Mt. Vernon. I had driven the Taurus all through college (it seemed to have an el ed degree as well) and now that I was working full-time at Aquin, with an amazing salary of 22, 560 per year, I was ready to make my first adult purchase. We walked around Rick's used cars and then Dad suggested we head to Cassil Motors on the SW side of CR to see what his buddy Jay had. I remember we didn't look. Instead we went inside, told Jay what I wanted to make for a monthly payment and he picked three cars for me to look at. I test drove a Toyota and then my Saturn. It was the price I wanted and the sunroof, leather interior and CD player were great bonuses. I thought I had made. I drove with the top open back to Mt. Vernon and was so excited to go anywhere.

So why did I give it up. I was tired of the lights going off. Let's see....the service engine soon light has been on since the Aquin Christmas concert of 2006, it's needed 3 sets of tires, the cooling system needed to be fixed, it seemed to be using way more gas than I could afford, it had noises I didn't want to acknowledge. It was time for it to go into retirement...good by old friend...good riddance is more like it. I'm not sad to see it go!