Comments on: a car named fran http://thisfish.com/a-car-named-fran/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rachel http://thisfish.com/a-car-named-fran/#comment-38203 Rachel Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:57:54 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1812#comment-38203 <p>I totally understand this emotional attachment to a car. My first car is still sitting on the driveway at my Dad's house, despite the fact that I haven't lived there for almost four years and that the car will no longer even turn over and start. As I'm now living in the city (and am thoroughly penniless) I haven't even bought a new car, so I reason with myself that its ok, because I haven't betrayed Betty...yet. <br /><br />My Dad even got a note through the door from his postman, saying that he'd noticed The Car That Never Moves and wanted to buy it from him. But what would I do without her? Whenever I go to visit, her big eyes (er, headlights) are always there peering out from under a layer of leaf debris, welcoming me home! Betty has found her calling in life as a storage shed on wheels for all of my university junk, as I'm still not sure I can part with her. </p> I totally understand this emotional attachment to a car. My first car is still sitting on the driveway at my Dad’s house, despite the fact that I haven’t lived there for almost four years and that the car will no longer even turn over and start. As I’m now living in the city (and am thoroughly penniless) I haven’t even bought a new car, so I reason with myself that its ok, because I haven’t betrayed Betty…yet.

My Dad even got a note through the door from his postman, saying that he’d noticed The Car That Never Moves and wanted to buy it from him. But what would I do without her? Whenever I go to visit, her big eyes (er, headlights) are always there peering out from under a layer of leaf debris, welcoming me home! Betty has found her calling in life as a storage shed on wheels for all of my university junk, as I’m still not sure I can part with her.

]]> By: Kristen http://thisfish.com/a-car-named-fran/#comment-38202 Kristen Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:43:19 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1812#comment-38202 <p>I've been shopping for a car for a few months now and have been having horrible luck with salesmen. As a young-ish, single girl, they see me as an easy target. Can you offer any bargaining advice? I always feel like they back me into a corner and I'm never sure how to get out of it...</p><br /><br /><p>Thanks!<br /><br />-Kristen</p><br /><br /><p><br /><br /></p> I’ve been shopping for a car for a few months now and have been having horrible luck with salesmen. As a young-ish, single girl, they see me as an easy target. Can you offer any bargaining advice? I always feel like they back me into a corner and I’m never sure how to get out of it…

Thanks!

-Kristen

]]> By: NancyH http://thisfish.com/a-car-named-fran/#comment-38201 NancyH Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:32:26 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1812#comment-38201 <p>i'm going to cry SO MUCH when i have to get rid of my car. </p><br /><br /><p>i've been thinking about it in a similar sense because i'm saving up for a condo downpayment, and having unpredictable car expenses is definitely a concern. i'm far too emotional about my car to be able to step in and make a quick, rational choice like that! </p> i’m going to cry SO MUCH when i have to get rid of my car.

i’ve been thinking about it in a similar sense because i’m saving up for a condo downpayment, and having unpredictable car expenses is definitely a concern. i’m far too emotional about my car to be able to step in and make a quick, rational choice like that!

]]> By: RaeAnn http://thisfish.com/a-car-named-fran/#comment-38200 RaeAnn Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:32:26 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1812#comment-38200 <p>Also: My iPod is the hot-pink Nano I bought in 2005... and I haven't updated it in three years. The tech-head boyfriend finds this hugely perplexing. I, on the other hand, find it hugely familiar and comforting. :o)</p> Also: My iPod is the hot-pink Nano I bought in 2005… and I haven’t updated it in three years. The tech-head boyfriend finds this hugely perplexing. I, on the other hand, find it hugely familiar and comforting. :o )

]]> By: RaeAnn http://thisfish.com/a-car-named-fran/#comment-38199 RaeAnn Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:27:43 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1812#comment-38199 <p>It's so odd how, even when you "trade up" in cars, you can still feel so attached to other one. In my case, someone merged into my lane on the highway, so I hit the brakes, spun out across three lanes and hit the concrete median head-on at 60+ miles an hour. I walked away from it -- and I didn't hit anyone else, thank God -- but my 2005 Celica was totaled. (I mean, REALLY totaled. Looking at it, I couldn't believe someone -- namely, me -- wasn't seriously injured, or even killed.) I absolutely adored that car. I had a few weeks to find a new car, so I got an Acura RSX. It's a beautiful car, and I do love it, but I still get a little teary-eyed when I remember going back to my poor little car -- the one that quite literally saved my life -- to retrieve the plates. It's a different set of circumstances, but I totally get being super attached to a car.</p> It’s so odd how, even when you “trade up” in cars, you can still feel so attached to other one. In my case, someone merged into my lane on the highway, so I hit the brakes, spun out across three lanes and hit the concrete median head-on at 60+ miles an hour. I walked away from it — and I didn’t hit anyone else, thank God — but my 2005 Celica was totaled. (I mean, REALLY totaled. Looking at it, I couldn’t believe someone — namely, me — wasn’t seriously injured, or even killed.) I absolutely adored that car. I had a few weeks to find a new car, so I got an Acura RSX. It’s a beautiful car, and I do love it, but I still get a little teary-eyed when I remember going back to my poor little car — the one that quite literally saved my life — to retrieve the plates. It’s a different set of circumstances, but I totally get being super attached to a car.

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