Good bye, Old Friend

Pictured above is my car. Or, what was my car. I donated it today to WAMU.

I loved my car. My parents bought it for me as a college graduation present. But it was old. Really old. 21, in fact. In car years, that's like 97. (I think. My math is not very specific or good.) It needed a whole new electrical system, to the tune of $3000+. And it had been hit a zillion times. It also needed the oil changed and the insurance bill was due, and I just decided I didn't need to keep it anymore.

I had been thinking for a while that I would get a new car. But then I sort of thought more about it. I don't use the car more than once a week, and then only to run errands and stuff. I probably don't really need a car. It's just, I'm American, right? And Americans have cars. But I decided that isn't a good enough reason to buy another car if I don't need it.

So for now, I'm going to use Zipcar, which I've been using for over a year anyway, for those times when I wanted air conditioning or um, headlights that work or something crazy like that. It's been working pretty well for me.

I will miss my car, but I feel good about this decision.