Ode to my car....EDITED
10 years ago
My blue bomber of a car doesn't have much time left, and by that I mean the brakes are shot, their are engine issues, and transmission issues. My check engine light is perpetually on telling me about some type of emissions or gas cap malfunction.
So originally I was hoping the beast would make it until winter, giving me ample time to save extra money to put down towards my current dream car....a Jeep <3 (I know everyone advised against it)
but with a sudden confirmation that my brakes are failing, I decided I needed a car sooner rather than later. Now i would have put it off and seen how long I can make my brakes last but with my 1hr+ commute in the morning I just didn't want to risk it any more.
I will weep quietly for my car has been through many things with me, but the change of vehicle will be both a necessary functional change but also a symbolic one.
Things my bomber of a car has survived/has gone through:
-Was my first car(bought it used)
-my first serious break up
-saved my life in 2 accidents
-driver side door doesn't open from the outside, causing me to become a flexible creature with dukes of hazard style
-it is a perpetual decepticon (a magnet on the front, sticker on the back window, and an emblem on the hood)
-its fallen into a ditch
-the paint is bubbling off
-it has been a clown car on many occasions
-it rains inside my car
-has driven to Maine and back multiple times with a door that doesn't truly shut and looks like it would fall off
-it has been frozen shut by a 1/4inch layer of straight ice
-it has seen 2 graduations, high school and college
-I only put 30k miles on it, however I have had it for over 5 years
and on this I bid my Midnight Blue 2002 Pontiac Sunfire coupe, aka Saix goodbye and a much needed retirement.
Now my new car I will hopefully be picking up once it arrives at the dealer (it was in transit while I was shopping around for cars) its a............*drumroll please*
*EDIT STARTS HERE* after much unnecessary hassle from not one but TWO jeep dealerships I gave up on my renegade hunt, and took the advice of my fiancé and mom, and test drove some different cars.
I found a car that won't kill my bank and in 5 years I can use it as a trade in for a better current jeep renegade (if thats still what I want) and its current and is a nice vehicle to drive so, *drumroll again*
I am the proud owner of a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic LTZ turbo (hatchback)
This vehicle will better suit my current lifestyle:
-#1 I can fit multiple fursuit bins.......oh I mean I can store and transport things easier
-my fiancé and I can finally move shit around with out needing to borrow my parents SUV
- I can fit a bike with out being a tetris master seats fold down nicely but it might still take some tetris skills
-OMG AIR CONDITIONING!!!!!!! and heated seats >:D
-a nice radio :D no more endless pile of cds, A REALLY NICE radio, XM and usb/auxiliary connectivity
- OMG POWER WINDOWS!!! I no longer have to be a contortionist on the highway/at random stop lights to roll up the windows of my car when I leave them open
- I can use my driver side door :D
-this century technology (this is a technophile dream car) XM radio, touchscreen display, usb, auxiliary, bluetooth to smartphone connections, what looks like a thousand knobs on the steering wheel
-Automatic start, ha take that winter coldness my car will be warm without needing to go outside
-digital air pressure readings and better gas milage <3
- oh and on star is kinda cool
-btw I am a mobile 4g lte hotspot
I now need new car emblems and logos to decorate, the color is the BRIGHT AS HECK RED
need to get me a toofy logo for this one and a phi paw (already started planning out this beasts logos)
So originally I was hoping the beast would make it until winter, giving me ample time to save extra money to put down towards my current dream car....a Jeep <3 (I know everyone advised against it)
but with a sudden confirmation that my brakes are failing, I decided I needed a car sooner rather than later. Now i would have put it off and seen how long I can make my brakes last but with my 1hr+ commute in the morning I just didn't want to risk it any more.
I will weep quietly for my car has been through many things with me, but the change of vehicle will be both a necessary functional change but also a symbolic one.
Things my bomber of a car has survived/has gone through:
-Was my first car(bought it used)
-my first serious break up
-saved my life in 2 accidents
-driver side door doesn't open from the outside, causing me to become a flexible creature with dukes of hazard style
-it is a perpetual decepticon (a magnet on the front, sticker on the back window, and an emblem on the hood)
-its fallen into a ditch
-the paint is bubbling off
-it has been a clown car on many occasions
-it rains inside my car
-has driven to Maine and back multiple times with a door that doesn't truly shut and looks like it would fall off
-it has been frozen shut by a 1/4inch layer of straight ice
-it has seen 2 graduations, high school and college
-I only put 30k miles on it, however I have had it for over 5 years
and on this I bid my Midnight Blue 2002 Pontiac Sunfire coupe, aka Saix goodbye and a much needed retirement.
Now my new car I will hopefully be picking up once it arrives at the dealer (it was in transit while I was shopping around for cars) its a............*drumroll please*
*EDIT STARTS HERE* after much unnecessary hassle from not one but TWO jeep dealerships I gave up on my renegade hunt, and took the advice of my fiancé and mom, and test drove some different cars.
I found a car that won't kill my bank and in 5 years I can use it as a trade in for a better current jeep renegade (if thats still what I want) and its current and is a nice vehicle to drive so, *drumroll again*
I am the proud owner of a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic LTZ turbo (hatchback)
This vehicle will better suit my current lifestyle:
-#1 I can fit multiple fursuit bins.......oh I mean I can store and transport things easier
-my fiancé and I can finally move shit around with out needing to borrow my parents SUV
- I can fit a bike with out being a tetris master seats fold down nicely but it might still take some tetris skills
-OMG AIR CONDITIONING!!!!!!! and heated seats >:D
-a nice radio :D no more endless pile of cds, A REALLY NICE radio, XM and usb/auxiliary connectivity
- OMG POWER WINDOWS!!! I no longer have to be a contortionist on the highway/at random stop lights to roll up the windows of my car when I leave them open
- I can use my driver side door :D
-this century technology (this is a technophile dream car) XM radio, touchscreen display, usb, auxiliary, bluetooth to smartphone connections, what looks like a thousand knobs on the steering wheel
-Automatic start, ha take that winter coldness my car will be warm without needing to go outside
-digital air pressure readings and better gas milage <3
- oh and on star is kinda cool
-btw I am a mobile 4g lte hotspot
I now need new car emblems and logos to decorate, the color is the BRIGHT AS HECK RED
need to get me a toofy logo for this one and a phi paw (already started planning out this beasts logos)

demonlord261
~demonlord261
OP
so far it handles really nicely, I hope it can drive well in the snow lol

Catofmount
~catofmount
ohh will I see it at FAU?

demonlord261
~demonlord261
OP
it definitely will be at FAU :D