.........Vicky's car is gone, RIP

While we were in Cordele, Ga my car started making a terrible noise. Johnny took it to a mechanic; which told him that it was the timing belt and it would just be too costly to repair. So we weighed all the options. Do we drive it to Florida and risk the chance of it breaking down on the side of the road. If so we would have to pay a tow truck. Johnny called around to see who would buy the car, for parts or for scrap. The scrap yard offered us the most for it, $10/100 a pound. So sad to say, we took the deal.

March 11, 2010

We laid the car to rest. We cleaned the car clean. Johnny had to pop a hole in the gas tank. When this drained it was like the car was crying. Thanks to Dad for helping with this part.

Then Dad, Johnny and Flash towed the car to the scrap yard.

This video tells the rest of the story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XzbiBR_ycU

This car was the first one that Johnny and I had bought together at a dealership. That day was very stressful. After it was all said and done we felt that we had been had. We made payments on the Ford for four years. Those first four years all we could talk about is what a bad deal we got. Then when the car made it to it's 7th, 8th, and 9th years all we could say was what a good car we had. Well when it made it to its 10th and 11th year we really knew we had gotten a great deal. This car had over 261,000 miles. We have had this car longer than any other . It was truly a diamond in the ruff.

I really loved my car. My favorite feature of the car was the keypad entry. I could never lock my keys in the car. This was great for me.

Well, it had been a good car and now it's gone.  I hope one day we will find one just as good.

Thanks Flash for documenting the sad day!