My car life.

I thought this would be a nice diversion from my regular attention whorish posts about my child.
This post was inspired by my friend Melissa. I loved her post about her string of cars because I'm often teased by my family about how many cars I've had. Melissa has had 6, so I'm beating her by two (she is 3 years younger than me though). I'm not proud of that number, actually.

So, here is my car life (none of these are actual pictures of MY cars, but you need the visuals)...

Ahhhh, my first car. A 1985 Chevy Celebrity.
I turned 16 my junior year in high school (so, just about 7 years ago:) and obviously I EXPECTED a car. Duh. I was a little spoiled and the rules were that as long as I kept my grades up and worked a few hours a week, I would get a car. What I didn't realize is that I would get THIS kind of car. It was enormous, compared to all of my friends' sporty little jeeps and dodge daytonas. Nope, mine had to SCREAM safety. That it did. People made fun of me endlessly for this car, but it was all in good fun. I remember my friend Chip used to stand in my parking space in the morning and act like an airplane taxi man. Funny. I also received this HUGE front license plate as a gift to go along with the car. It read, "NESS-1". It was green with white letters (school colors) and, I love you mom, but it was atrocious. My friend Bart used to try to back into my car with his little Nissan to try to break the plate. Again, funny. I could fit a lot of people in this car though. I do have fond memories of this car. It was a conversation piece, to say the least.



My 1987 Honda Accord Hatchback.
My dad promised me that if I did realllly well in school, I would get another car after one year of having "NESS 1". To this day, my Accord was my favorite car. It had a manual transmission and a sporty look. It was considered "old" at the time, but at least it was small! It was a fun car to spin around my senior year in.


My 1993 Acura Integra.
After about 2.5 year, my Accord was giving up on my, carrying 110K miles. The clutch went and things just started to fall apart, so on to the next one. This was a total stretch for my parents, being that my first two cars were very inexpensive, but "dadddyyyyyyy! I LOOOOVE it!", I was such a brat. I was in love with this car, only it was automatic. I missed my stick shift but THIS had a sunroof. This was the car that brought me to Florida State and I have SO many memories in this car.


My 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse.
I got into a wreck with my Intergra, when someone hit me in Ocala, when traveling back to school one weekend. It wasn't totaled but it was enough to knock the snot out of that car and ruin it.
So, my Eclipse was my college graduation gift. Because "dadddddyyyy, it's SO pretty".
Seriously. Brat.
Loved, loved, loved this car. Stick shift, so fast. Just loved. This would be my longest running car at the time, a whopping 3 years. This is the car that Bear came home in. Such a fun car to drive.


Ugh. 1998 Ford Explorer Sport.
Hate.
From the moment I bought this car, it was just a piece of shit. It had all these little quirky problems that no one could figure out. I bought it because...ummm, well...I burned the engine up on my Eclipse. I said I loved it, I didn't say I knew how to take care of it. I did want an SUV though because this was in the height of the SUV craze. It was practical, but it sucked. It ruined my whole image of American made cars. Sorry, but that's the truth. This was MY first purchase though. I was 23 when I bought it and so proud that I did it on my own, even the haggling.


My 2001 Nissan Pathfinder.
Love.
I sold my Ford to...my dad. God love him, he bought my problems. I needed something dependable because I was living on the east coast of Florida and traveled a lot. The Pathfinder was my favorite "grown up car". I loved the space and it ran like a charm. I had this one for 4 whole years! This was my longest run yet!


My 2006 Nissan Altima.
My Pathfinder was getting old, mileage wise, and costing me way too much in gas because of how much I travel for work. The Altima was strictly about fuel efficiency. Liked the car, but way too small. Had it for exactly a year.


My 2008 Honda CRV.
Fuel efficient+ Honda + more room= good idea.
When I found out I was pregnant with Lily, the Altima had to go. Between my boxes for work and kid stuff, I needed more room. I like this vehicle just fine...for now. Since I have some issue with keeping a car for too long, we'll see how long this lasts.

Ridiculous, I know. My dad is going to love this post.