Andy Borgmann's Blog

I will write more about the whole experience later, but I wanted to post that I bought a new car this week. I turned in the Ol'Girl with 191,699 miles on her, and traded her in for a younger, sexier New'Girl with 12 miles.

I have to admit, I was a little sad. In fact, I commented to Tiffany in the showroom and told her that I think I was more sad to see this car go then I was when my mom told me she sold my childhood home. And then I began to think about all the things that happened in that car:

• Taking my driver's test and getting my license
• My First "Real" High School Date - with Emily
• My First Speeding Ticket (who knew that would grow to 8 speeding tickets, in 5 states, and 2 countries)
• Coming Home from High School Graduation and having Scotty moon the band bus in front of us, not knowing his sister was probably on that bus
• Jumping the railroad tracks by CJ's house at 45 mph and getting "wicked air."
• Moving Out to College
• Driving down to the O.C. in college and hanging out on the beach
• Visiting Over 40 states in it
• Tons and tons of road trips with friends that were such a blast
• Going from Fort Wayne to Seattle for New Years 2002 and then down to Los Angeles
• All the trips to the airports to travel to 19 countries
• Driving into Mexico with CJ, Andrea & Kelly, and then as soon as I crossed the border, realizing I have no clue how to get back to the States and everything was in Spanish (which I don't know)
• The Infamous LA-NYC-LA New Years 2005 trip that was by far the worst road trip I ever took
• Driving cross country to my first real job to start my "career"
• Pulling up at Cobb County Airport for my first pilots license
• Countless other experiences

Ohh well, now you can see why I was a little sad to see her go and realize I will never drive her again. I will miss driving will the windows down, with the wind blowing through my hair, listening to the radio super loud and driving way faster then I should. But it's not so much the car I guess, but rather all the amazing things that have happened in just 9 short years.

Here's to new memories in the new car though - which hopefully will include a date that will involve a proposal, driving to the church to get married, and bringing home my first child (I also wouldn't mind making my first million while owning it as well ).

You can check out the photos: http://www.2timothy42.org/Photos/v/NewCar_2007HondaCivic/