How do I love thee? Let me count the ways:
1. You are the first car I’ve ever bought (with help from dad).
2. You are the car that took me from my 20’s into my 30’s.
3. You are reliable and start every morning.
4. You get great mileage for your class and age.
5. You are still pretty shiny for being 8.5 years old.
6. Your moon/sunroof is pretty awesome.
7. Your peppy little engine never fails me when I downshift.
But dear little car of mine, I’m afraid that DC doesn’t love you like I do. DC’s roads are filled with potholes, weird trenches, steel plates, moguls and humps worse than a double black diamond ski trail. This May, DC has had its way with you at the inspection station, DMV office, and on the roads. The final straw that broke your back, or rather your rear struts, was that trench right on the highway on-ramp downtown. I know I gunned it a little hard because the goofball in the left lane was unaware of the traffic pattern. I wanted to beat him down the ramp because on a normal day, I wouldn’t have been dealing with a slow driver blocking the merge.
But that damned trench got in the way.
You wiggled and swayed in an unnerving fashion and I could tell your alignment was way off. I called boyfriend thinking it was his fault when he borrowed you the night before. But alas, it was my fateful aggressive driving that did it. I hit that bump every day and now I’ll be better to you and detour to another on-ramp. I just don’t have another $1000 to spend on you this year.
I got your front alignment and control arm fixed at a private shop for $440, but I didn’t have another $400 to get the struts fixed. Instead, I am asking boyfriend to fix you up for free with OEM parts from the dealership. I hope you don’t mind. I know he’ll take good care of you. Don’t be mad because he wants to get rid of you. I don’t want to let you go just yet. You’ve still got a lot of life left in you. Plus if DC’s roads are hell on you, what will they do to a new Solstice?
If I wasn’t scraping up cash for my condo renovation, I would have taken you right away to a dealer mechanic instead. I’m done with private garages. That place was a mess and did a lousy job with the alignment. I’ll never go back there. I promise!
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