The year is 1993 and I was 15 when I started to learn to drive my dad would take me to large empty parking lots and have me practice on a Sunday afternoons. We would use his car which was a Pontiac but I don't remember what model. And then as it got closer to getting my license we used the Nissan mini-van that we owned. Of course a month before I got my licences they sold the mini-van and got a large blue suburban. Which I drove a lot.
But the month before I was to turn 16 in 1994, My grandfather had some health issues and gave up his drivers license. That summer, my sister and I moved in my my grandparents, since my parents were moving into a small 3 bedroom apartment and with 6 girls it just wasn't going to work. So I got to drive grandpa's car. He had a 1984 Century.
In Oct 1994 I was in a car accident that wasn't my fault and totalled the car. He then bought this 1986 Ford Taurse with all the bells and wistels. I drove that until I left on my mission and while I was gone it died.
When I got home from my mission I bought my first car. A 1999 Toyota Corolla. I loved that car! Of course I had driven Corollas on my mission. We sold this car in Jan 2009, just before the twins were born because we couldn't fit 4 kids in it. We bought a 1998 Dodge Caravan. And it is alright to drive, not my favorite.
What I would really like to drive is a 8 passenger Toyota Sienna. I love the space in that thing. One day That is my dream car right now. And someday that may change.
We own a 1994 Honda Civic and I have never driven it. Dan got it when he got home from his mission in 1994. It is still running good and he plans to drive it until it dies. The reason I have never driven it, is I have never learned to drive a stick. My dad bought his first stick in about 15 years when I bought my Corolla. So I never learned, as I had my car and never needed to borrow Dad's car. And with 4 kids under the age of 5 it is hard to get out and have Dan teach me. Maybe someday we can still do it.
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1 comment:
"We bought a 1998 Dodge Caravan. And it is alright to drive, not my favorite."
I can relate to that! As you know, I posted my dream car (The Camero) on my FB wall. Russ asked me, "Don't you want to look at suburbans?" I laughed and said, "You always ask me that. I drive a suburban because I'm a mom and that's what I HAVE to drive right now. But it doesn't do anything for me - it's not my DREAM to drive a suburban." For the first time in what seems a 100 years, he gets it! YAY! =D
Great post!
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