Goodbye Old Friend....

I have to give a goodbye to my trusty 1984 Volvo, affectionately named Alice. I bought her when I was a senior in high school for $800 and she's been there for me ever since. She drove between California and Utah several times during my college years and she even made it from California to New Jersey! Alice never needed any major repair work. However, the last 3 years in the NYC area have been hard on her. Between the muffler that was held up by a hanger, the cardboard window that we had for 2 years after a break in, the hole where our stolen CD player was, the broken taillights from a truck backing up into her, the front bumper that's off kilter from a taxi, the windshield wipers that struggle, and not to mention the top of the stick shift that comes off. Needless to say, Alice was not up to accompanying us on our move to California. Junk-Cars-R-Us paid us $175, and towed her away, but not before I kept the bulb off the top of the stick shift and ripped the Volvo logo off the front grille. I'm going to make a memorial for Alice :) I miss her!