A Craigslist Car

 Before I even had my permit, I had a blue Honda Civic waiting for me in my driveway. It was given to us by my dad's cousin and neither of the boys wanted to drive it, so it was mine. I loved it. It had 180,000 miles on it, but it still had a lot of life in it. One night, I went to spend the night at my grandparents and since Sebastian was going over there for awhile, I just rode with him. I always drove over there. Once we left, the wind kicked up and out of nowhere, my parents and neighbors heard a huge crash. A huge tree branch had fallen on my adorable little car. They called, I cried, they put a tarp over it, and everyone went to bed. The next morning, my dad and brother both took off of work to clean up the mess. It was terrible.

I started looking for a car on craigslist. I hadn't planned on getting a new car, so I had no money saved up for it. I found a 1994 green Mustang. I thought it would be pretty cool to have a Mustang, so I got it. It was alright for the first week, but our big red van got better gas mileage than that thing. Plus, I wasn't the two door kind of girl. Therefor, I sold that a couple of months later and started looking for something else. 

The next thing I went to look at was a green Toyota Camry. Lets just say, we didn't get that one. The next day, we went to check out a green Honda Passport. It seemed fantastic. It was a small SUV with a sunroof and only 97,000 miles on it. All the guy said it needed was a window switch and it would be good to go. His story was that he had just lost his job, had 6 kids, and needed the money. My mom and I are very gullible and we took his word for it and we bought it.

N I G H T M A R E. We fixed the window and went to get it inspected; rejected. We fixed what they said it needed. Then it needed more. We fixed the next round of things. It needed more. We fixed that and now it needs more. It's a money pit. And to top it all off, the sunroof doesn't even work. Needless to say, this thing just went on craigslist. The next car I buy will be from Freedom Ford. There are some good cars on craigslist; this wasn't one of them.

The one thing we've figured out is that green isn't my color. Never again will I buy or even consider buying a green car. Blue seems more my speed. Anywho, I miss my little Civic.