SAD SAD SAD day

It became official yesterday. I handed a large check to an older man who was delivering my Taurus back to me. Are you confused yet? My taurus, or TaurBus as it has become known, has taken me all over the country. That car treated me well and I'd like to think that I treated her well in return. She had some breakdowns on the road and in MI, but 5 years people! 5 YEARS, and I bought it with 7,000 miles on it. Now I reached a milestone of sorts with her. She didn't know where I was driving when she rolled over 150,000 miles last weekend.

 


I was driving to a car dealership to look at- and it's still hard to say out loud sometimes- a new vehicle. It was a Ford dealership though. My Taurbus felt right at home. Which is why I didn't hear her crying when I left her there for a new vehicle. Oddly, the new vehicle is not a Ford, but a Honda.

This will mark the first time in 10 years, since I've been driving, that I have not driven a ford taurus. yes, it's pretty rare, but I have only owned 2 cars in my life since I turned 16. they were both tauruses and they both lasted 5 years each. So now a new chapter for me. the Honda era. I bought it, not cos I have a bunch of money to blow, cos we know that ain't true. but it was just time. I went there without the idea of buying something right away, and they just had this lonely Honda Element in a jungle full of Fords, and my brother also owns the same car, so I was familiar with it. I decided to take it home with me. Now this week, it's official, the Taurbus era is over.

I will be posting pictures of this vehicle soon. as I am proud of it, but let us all have a moment of silence for the Taurbus. For anyone who has ever seen me live, on the road, in far away lands. The Taurus carried me there. I'll never forget her. I may have shed a tear... but it came after a long yawn, and that sometimes happens... oh screw it, I'll mark that tear up to sadness for the taurbus. I still own it. I'm thinking of selling it. I don't know what to do, it's all happened so fast. I have to clean her up and get some of her dents and bruises fixed, so it'll be a while until she's presentable again. What a loyal vehicle she was.

There will forever only be one TaurBus.