I Love My Car

Photo by Waves. Copyright 2005

My car reached a 100,00 mile today! That's about 161,000 kilometers. That means I've paid for approximately 2500 gallons of gas.

Yep, 100,000 miles of commuting to work, aimless drives and roadtrips. From California to the border of New Mexico and Arizona, from the Bay Area to the San Diego-Mexico border all the way to Oregon. My little car was faithful... it never broke down on me except for a flat tire on Christmas Day while I was on my way to a Christmas Dinner at my best friend's house and another flat tire on my way to Lassen National Park a couple years ago.

Other than that, she's fine. I was bad too, bad at treating her good. I only took her once for a $280 tune-up and got her an oil change every 10,000 miles. But I've never had any problems with her.

She survived 2 minor accidents (fender benders), sand storms in Death Valley and snow storms in Tahoe. I love my car.

I know she's just a Corolla (hey it's an LE hehehe) but she's been my constant companion on my journeys. She was my comforter when I was down and lonely - we went for aimless drives to cheer my heart up. She was always there.

I love my 'ol reliable Toyota Corolla. 'Til death do us part. Or I should say...

'Til Prius do us part....