"I don't like the sound of that, I'll be right over."
As I sat in my car waiting for my dad to come save me from Arcadia's parking lot, I started to think about how much Gertie and I had been through together. I knew that our time was coming to an end, but I didn't realize how soon it would be.
Gertie has been in my life since June of 2009, but she has been in existence since 1995. I found her on Craig's List and it was love at first sight. It also helped that she was only $700, but I mostly loved her because of her wonderful teal color. My parents and I met a shady man in a Dunkin' Donuts parking lot to look at Gertie and the rest is history.
Gertie had a ton of problems when I first got her: (including, but not limited to) a broken key stuck in the ignition (multiple times), inability to lock the doors, a messed up transmission, and the ability to start the car with any and every key. Luckily when I first got Gertie, I was attending tech school and the automotive students were able to fix many of her problems. (It was much cheaper since I only had to pay for parts instead of having to also pay for labor.)
Gertie has been in my life since June of 2009, but she has been in existence since 1995. I found her on Craig's List and it was love at first sight. It also helped that she was only $700, but I mostly loved her because of her wonderful teal color. My parents and I met a shady man in a Dunkin' Donuts parking lot to look at Gertie and the rest is history.
Gertie had a ton of problems when I first got her: (including, but not limited to) a broken key stuck in the ignition (multiple times), inability to lock the doors, a messed up transmission, and the ability to start the car with any and every key. Luckily when I first got Gertie, I was attending tech school and the automotive students were able to fix many of her problems. (It was much cheaper since I only had to pay for parts instead of having to also pay for labor.)
The laundry list of issues did not stop there, though. As Gertie grew older, she developed issues with her heating coil, which was ultimately the cause of her untimely death, issues with her windows, and difficulty shifting on the highway. Gertie became accustomed to wearing duct tape on her driver's side window for the last six months of her life because the window no longer stayed up on its own. And who could forget the god awful sound her back doors made when they opened...
Gertie has traveled all over New Jersey countless times. She's been my mode of transportation to visit some of my best friends in the whole wide world and without her I'm not sure how this will be possible. She's taken me to and from multiple Union, Flyers, and Philles games. She's accompanied me to numerous photo shoots, has let me climb onto her roof to get the perfect shot, and has helped me to make some incredible memories. She lost a mirror the first time we drove to Manayunk and has been hit/scratched up in parking lots more times than I can count (mostly because I wasn't present for most of her cuts and scrapes).
Gertie was a wonderful first car and I'm so happy she lived as long as she did.
Thanks for the memories, Gertie!
Gertie has traveled all over New Jersey countless times. She's been my mode of transportation to visit some of my best friends in the whole wide world and without her I'm not sure how this will be possible. She's taken me to and from multiple Union, Flyers, and Philles games. She's accompanied me to numerous photo shoots, has let me climb onto her roof to get the perfect shot, and has helped me to make some incredible memories. She lost a mirror the first time we drove to Manayunk and has been hit/scratched up in parking lots more times than I can count (mostly because I wasn't present for most of her cuts and scrapes). Gertie was a wonderful first car and I'm so happy she lived as long as she did.
Thanks for the memories, Gertie!
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