Friday, March 25, 2011

The retirement of HBMV

Face to face in front of the dealership
The day has come for the Hillbilly Minivan to be placed into paperclips. Three months after Jimmy was born in 2001 I went to the Toyota dealersip to purchase a new car, specifically, a Toyota Avalon. When I returned home a 1998 Toyota Sienna sat in the driveway. Lyn couldnt contain her excitement. So much so, she refused to get into it for three whole days. Well, like all disagreements, we always find a middle ground. Eventually three more kids came around and we got to fill the gas guzzler with living creatures. So many trips, one accident, a storied broken window and so many more memories were created by way of that automobile. So here we are in 2011 with exactly 180,000 miles on it, it was time to put her to pasture. The minivan, not Lyn. A just about new 2011 Sienna rolled up and grabbed our heart. Hopefully, it will continue our adventure for another ten years......or so.
Poor Jack had to take heart medicine from uncontrollable laughter at the sight of us. Capped off with my insistence to have both cars meet face to face at the front doors. Kenneth the salesman, a Chinese fellah, didnt know what he was in for either. I wouldnt be able to tell either way because i had no freaking idea what he was saying most of the time.

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