Goodbye Old Friend.....

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

-Proverbs 23:18 (King James Bible)

Last week was a sad time for the Pitcavage family.  We had to say goodbye to the Jetta.

The Jetta's transmission was beginning to fail and we decided to get a new car.  It was going to cost a lot of money to fix the transmission (lets just say, easily a couple of years of payments) and we had already put a lot of money into the car this year, so we did the financially responsible thing and went out and spent a lot more money on a new (used) car.  (Which Joe says we stole new the car from the dealer.  When the monthly bill comes in, he may not feel quite the same way, but it is nice we got a good price, good job Joe!)  I am not sure how that works out in our favor, since fixing the car would be a lot cheaper than spending money on a new car.  I guess we are putting money into a car that is not supposed to break as quickly.  Also, our mechanic (who is not paying for our new car) recommended that we pull the trigger and get a new car.  We figured we had to really take into consideration his opinion because he is honest, stands to lose a customer (who seems to be paying him pretty well periodically), and had to email us the quote for the new transmission because he was too scared to tell Joe over the phone, and if you knew him you would know, probably not that much scares him.  So, there we are.

Anyway, Joe said hearing her turbo for the last time was heartbreaking.  It is sad, we have had that car for almost 10 years, for just a couple of months shy of when we got married.  It has taken Joe to Boston to be educated, moved us to SC, gone on trips,  and toted our kids around.  Plus, she is a fun, zippy car to drive (German engineering and turbo) and gets good gas mileage.  I love that car!

Well, considering it is a total high school/college girl car, as Joe pointed out to me when he was trying to make me feel better about driving an uncool "practical" minivan, and he is right, I have only seen one other guy driving a Jetta! (Joe said he was probably just borrowing it from his wife/girlfriend/sister.) We are hoping that someone fixes the car and it gets a second life with one of those girls who can love it as much as we did.