A little less rust... and a bit better gas mileage

Cam happened to notice a blazer that my dad had parked and asked him about it. His truck is really taking a turn for the worse lately. Not that it's ever been in decent shape, but hey, considering we spent $500 on it (and yeah we definately put atleast that much money into it) it's worked to get him from point A to B. So Cam asked my dad about it and my dad said that he'd sell it to him for $100. Woohoo, an even better deal! So we went and picked up his new truck yesterday. We finally got it started, because it's been sitting for a while and plumes of smoke billowed out all the way to our house as I followed him. It does need quite a bit of work but Cam took the day off today and half of the day tomorrow so that he can try to get it up and running. He's become quite the mechanic lately. I guess when you're married to me you have to be. Anyways, here are some pictures of his new Blazer.

The interior is awesome! It's really in great condition and I'm excited to be able to put our dogs in the back of it and go for drives up the canyon with them. So here's the old rust bucket that we're saying goodbye to. I don't know why but somehow I get a little bit attached to cars.

I can tell you that I miss my Stratus so bad and I wish that we wouldn't have sold it. Of course that's probably because of all of the trouble I've had with my new car, but I really enjoyed my Stratus. It just fit me. I ran that thing constantly and we took many fun trips and we have a lot of good memories in it.

But favorite of all was my first car. When I got my license my parents gave me a 1982 Honda Prelude. I hated the thing when they gave it to me. I was so upset that my parents would give me such a horrible car, one that was as old as I was. I can't believe what an ingrate I was back then! I decided that I was going to run it into the ground and then they'd have to get me a new one (can you believe that?).I took that small car everywhere, regularly up canyons, including dry canyon (I don't know how)! That car would not die! But really what more could I have asked for. It was a small sports car, with a sunroof and a great stereo system. I happened to ruin the ignition switch within the first few months that I had it (my keychain weighed about 10 lbs and ruined it), so my dad rigged it so that to start it I only had to flip a switch and push a button. It was actually really cool. So when it finally died, I was pretty upset and I actually tried looking around to find another one. Unfortunately I wasn't able to. So in my life, I've had an '82 prelude, two '87 Nissan Pulsars, an '87 Suzuki Samurai, my Stratus and my Saturn. But all of them hold great memories for me. Comment back and let me know the favorite cars or car stories you've all had and why.