It's hard to explain the connection a person gets to their car. I'm sure everyone has had it...had a car they loved and drove a long time and actually felt like it was another appendage. This was the second Caddie STS I have owned. The first was a 1992, white with tan interior. This one, a 1997, was Diamond white with neutral interior. Same style, both white, same seating and no one knew I got a new car. I have always tried to take good care of my cars and this one was still in excellent condition with low mileage. Even though I just got the BMW I really didn't need a new car, what we needed was something that fit living in the country and carrying loads of groceries or dogs around. I tried to talk Gerry into giving up his 1995 rusty Dodge Ram and to drive the BMW and I would keep the Caddie. But he is a man and he needs a grunt mobile, hence a 'Truck'. 
So I cleaned up the car and parked it in our front yard. A week later a man came and looked at it then called and made a date for the next day to test drive it. He and his wife came, they saw, they fell in love and they left a deposit. I tried to talk them into thinking about it for a few days in hopes Gerry's truck would die and we would be foreced to keep the Caddie but alas his truck is still going and now my car is gone. On Thanksgiving Eve the new owners came with a $7000.00 check and drove the old TENDR to her new garage.
I am sad and I will miss this old gal...she was a very good car. An update on the license plate choices. I am transfering TENDR to the BMW since that plate is paid for for another year. Then next November I will check to see if MCKYLVR is still available and hang TENDR here in my office amid my other memories.
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