Well, the time has come......we got rid of our 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra. We bought it 17 years ago. We've had a lot of memories...........our honeymoon, taking Grandma Trafelet to Sea World, getting dents from golf ball size hail, bringing Trent home from the hospital, enjoying special visits w/ Walter and Mae, etc. etc.
I don't have any pictures of when our car was new!! Can you believe it? Not even any w/ our car on our honeymoon!
63 oil changes, 13 transmission fluid changes, and 288,139 miles later...here we are, taking it to drop it off. The kids loved it. They always wanted to ride in "Daddy's work car". It's been a good car, giving us very few problems until this last year or so. Robert wanted to get it to 300,000 miles, but the last few weeks, it's been quitting on him, in spite of what he tried to fix. The last straw was when it quit for 20 minutes before it would start, and Robert thought it was a goner then. The 2 youngest kids were with him and they entertained him w/ suggestions as he tried to start the car. "Put it in drive, that'll work!" "Open the hood" "Call 911" "Can we push?" "Are we going to have to get a wrecker?" "The security guard can fix it!" etc. We weren't even sure what we'd do w/ it, b/c the donation companies that like your cars wouldn't take it, even the junkyard refused! But it all worked out in the end!
3 comments:
so he finaly got rid of it! :O) Yeah...I can never remember when that car wasn't parked in your drive way!
Kelsey
I sure remember this car in Redlands! Robert used to take Kimberly, Tammy and ,occasionally, Stephen places in the Olds. That was before Sweet Elaine arrived on the scene.
I love the stories about your car! Funny how memories make it sad to give away. We felt that way about our house--the one be brought Reese home to, etc... Love your blog--thanks for all the updates.
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