Call it a step in a green direction, call it a fiscally responsible move toward a new fuel economy, call it an opportunity to walk more and drive less, call it a way to save money, gas and parking... call it what you want, but we are now a one car family. And I must say, it feels pretty good. The Red Ranger served us well: it moved Andrew to Chicago, it moved a whole lot of other people to a whole lot of other places, it carried (and stored) Andrew's alley finds, it transported discarded treasures from the museum to our home (and sometimes back again), and on countless occasions, it dependably made those trips to and from Home Depot, laden with materials and supplies. But lest you go thinking we've lost our minds ridding ourselves of such a fine and faithful truck, let me tell you that not every day was a cruise through the park. For the last several weeks, our beloved Ranger couldn't go 5 miles without steaming and spewing. Indeed, as Andrew drove it to and from several potential buyers this weekend, he had to pull over in between each one to let Old Faithful cool down, hoping that he could prevent one final act of ultimate rebellion. Fortunately for us, and for our truck's new owner, he did. And so, with one last display of affection, Andrew said goodbye.
Our truck's new owner can give it what we could not: a new radiator (at least). So, we are happy to send it on to a better place. We're thankful for the many services it provided, but now, we're thankful we don't need to provide it with any more services.
5 comments:
Thank the good Lord you've gotten rid of it. One too many headaches were brought on by it, don't you think? You'll have to let us know how it is having just one car. I'm jealous of what your new lower gas bill will be.
I want to pay tribute to the Ranger that helped Nathan and I move one or two times.
RIP
Oh Sarah dahling... aren't you just so glad 'they' finally got rid of it!!! It was just such an eye sore... don't you think?
I mean really... I hated to be around when they showed up at the cottage in it... so unusual!! Anyway babs... it's gone now... perhaps Daddy will buy them something nice... like a corvette or something....
Why is it that we insist on taking "last photos" of our old cars? Or is that just a Daigle thing? Gordon had to do it too. Love it!
congrats on lightening your load. we downsized to one car a month or two ago, isn't it such a great feeling? one less thing to worry about (and pay for).
i can see a similar display of affection (although no one does it like andrew) in our future whenever we decide to get rid of our green lantern.
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