...My Car History

Day 75
Since I graduated from college I have always had a relatively new car. I usually don't keep one for longer than 5 years. I don't know why this happens but it does and I'm ok with that. With every car the bells and whistles get better and better.

My first car was a 2-D Honda Civic with a sunroof. It was the first time in my life that I had a sunroof and I loved it. I always felt so cool in that car. I had just graduated from college and gotten a new job and I felt like an adult. My car was my first real adult purchase. It sounds crazy but I enjoyed making the payments on it too because I felt like I was becoming an adult. About three years later we found out we were going to have a baby so we sold my 2-D car because we knew we would need something bigger and more practical.

 

I don't have a picture of my car but this is what it looked like

My husband owned a used car lot at the time so while I was pregnant and even the first few months after we had Mindy I drove several different cars from the lot but the main one was a Honda CR-V and I really liked that one. I didn't like the year because it was older than the car I had just sold but I knew it was a temporary thing and I really liked being up a little higher while I was driving.

 

I didn't have a picture of the CR-V either but this is what mine looked like

After Mindy was born we shopped around and lo and behold ended up with a Honda again! It was a 4-D Honda Accord. It was probably the most practical car for a new little family. I really liked the car and we still have it but my husband drives it. It is 8 years old now and still going strong.

 

what my accord looks like...it stills looks this good

I don't really know the reason why but when we found out we were pregnant with Mason, Danny went looking at jeeps. He was working for Mercedes at the time and could get a discount on any Mercedes or Dodge vehicle. We ended up with a Jeep Commander and at the time it was my favorite car of all time! The main thing I loved about it was the heated seats. I have a lot of back pain and turning those things on was like having a heating pad in the car. It especially felt good during the winter time too. I also loved being high above the ground again. As the kids got older it made me feel like a soccer Mom too because we had all of the sports stuff in the back and I was driving them all over the place. It was my first real "Mom" car. As gas prices rose Danny started looking at selling my Jeep. At first I wasn't very happy about it but I came around and I was glad I did.

A few months ago, we drove to Georgia and got my current car, a 4-D Honda Civic. I love this !thing. I've never had so many features in a car. The best thing is the bluetooth. When I get in the car it automatically syncs with my phone. I can answer the phone by pushing a button on the steering wheel and just talk without ever touching my phone. It is so nice having that hands-free feature! I might look a little funny at a red light but it is so much safer. Not only can I talk hands-free but when I receive a text message, all I have to do is push a button and the car will read it to me. After that it will offer me a view standard responses like 'Yes' or 'No' that I can choose from if I want to respond at that time. I think it will even let me do speech to text but I've never tried it. The feature that I just figured out the other day is that I can choose the bluetooth source for my radio and listen to music that's on my cell or pandora radio and the other day I was listening to podcasts. I LOVE this car! I do miss the "soccer Mom" feel of the Jeep but I kind of feel like the "cool Mom" in this car.

this is the lowest mileage I have ever had on a car

I know I sound spoiled. And I really am! But when I first got my license I drove a mini-van. Not just any mini-van but a 1987 Dodge Caravan with wood side paneling. The year I got my license was 1996 so it was already almost 10 years old. When I would cut the car off, it would keep running and then the tailpipe would sputter and smoke would come out. I was the only Varsity cheerleader with a mini-van. Once I graduated high school I drove a couple of different Saturns. My Dad was on a Saturn kick at the time and eventually ended up owning 3 of them. When I graduated from college, he gave me the Pontiac Sunbird that they had bought brand new when I was younger. I really liked that car even though it was older. I felt a connection with it because I remember my Mom got it for her birthday but we picked it up after my birthday party so I always felt like it should be mine eventually. Like I've mentioned my husband, who was my boyfriend at the time, had a used car lot and he sold my Sunbird and helped me get my first car. He knew people and helped me get the best car for the best deal.

I have had many cars and I am so thankful that I have had such good cars overall. With the exception of the mini-van I have always felt safe in my cars and I always felt like they were reliable.