176,141 and 4,872.
That's the number of miles our old 1996 Pontiac Sunfire clocked and the number of days she "lived" before she passed away yesterday on a routine shopping trip to Walmart.
"Audrey," as I affectionately called her (in remembrance of Audrey Hepburn), was a sleek, dependable, low-maintenance coupe that we acquired 6 1/2 years ago for a very reasonable price from Eric's brother Rob, who bought her brand-spankin' new on November 3rd of 1995. She lived a full, mostly well-cared for life (modulo the many years she sat outside in the wintery driveways of both of her owners), and died quickly and painlessly at a stoplight, never to run again.
(Note: She probably could run again; we just don't want to pay more than twice her worth to fix her when we were planning on selling her anyway.)
So, alas, she will spend the rest of her days in various pieces in a junkyard, and we will go on living without her....which is what our plans were in the first place! We were kinda hoping to get a couple hundred bucks out of her before this happened, but oh well! We're thankful for the many years and miles she's given us and will always think of her fondly.
R.I.P., Audrey.
Eric and I sitting in the car together for the last time. The purple flowers and Hebrew character necklace that used to grace the rearview mirror were also celebrating with us and will be put away in a memory box.
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