A sad good-bye

I have traded-in Vash the 2nd. (Vash the 1st was my Saturn.) It was a hard decision to make, but, financially, one that had to be made. My payments are dropping from $600/mo (minimum of $530/mo) to $260/mo, my gas mileage will be going up anywhere from 10-15 mpg, and whatever maintenance I need should be less costly. But I will miss the Accord; it will always be Vash to me.

Vash the 3rd is an '02 Civic EX, which is a respectable little car in its own right; it just pales in comparison to what I had to step down from. The biggest things missing are my 6 CD changer (single in the Civic), the ability to roll down my windows with my keyless, heated seats, automatic climate control, radio controls on the steering wheel, and power. I've lost a lot of power (HP and & LbFt are probably both halved). Oh yeah, and IT'S AN AUTOMATIC!!!! BLECH! But it's not like I plan on keeping this car forever, nor using it for its (non-existent) performance abilities, so I suppose I can deal with driving an automatic for now. Saving $400-some a month will help my ability to deal, I think.

It was easier to say good-bye (yes, I verbally say good-bye to my cars) to the accord than I thought it would be. I suppose in light of everything else I've been through (or put myself through, I suppose, depending on one's point of view) in the past few weeks, getting rid of a car is really no big deal. But I will miss it, nonetheless. We had some good times, the accord and I, some of them airborn. It stuck its landings like an olympic champ every time. But, that era is over now, as is another. In all honesty, I hope that both are born again one day (Not in the conservative "I 'love' you but I'm going to yell at you 'cause you're a 'sinner'" Christian sense of "born again," but in the "I hope that what I have just let go of will one day come back to me" sense of things).