Today I said goodbye to a dear friend of mine.
My beloved purple cougar Babette passed away at approximately 6:40 this morning, December 18th 2008 due to old age and complications arising from a road trip.
She was good car that never let me down. ...Well, except for that time the tire fell off. And... all those transmission *pooooots*. Other than that... never.
Her rust spots and dents, rather than detract from her looks- highlighted her easy going nature and willingness to always partake in an adventure. From the driver’s-side-door-backing-into (one crazy Black Friday up north) to the how-close-am-I-to-that-pole paint smear (we brought a little bit of Chicago home with us that day)- I saw all of her dings and scratches as proof my car was not afraid to take chances.
True to her spirit, Babette agreed to an undertaking that all involved suspected might be too much for the old gal. In order for me to participate in International Fun Fest 2008, someone had to take Norman off my hands for 10days. Due to his prima donna attitude, the only taker was my mother which meant a 6hour road trip up to Duluth and back, yesterday after work.
Seeing no other option, I made the trip- counting on Babette to come through yet again. And she did. Even she wasn’t feeling too well and getting up there in miles- she displayed her amazing perseverance and only let herself tire after pulling into my neighborhood. That’ll do car, that’ll do.
Though never reaching speeds of a hundreds miles per hour, Babette displayed a less compensating kind of confidence- one that came from the satisfaction of knowing she was the first car to get her owner from here to there. With her sassy, leopard print steering wheel cover and jaunty, tirewrecking wobble- she brought a smile to all that rode in her and will be sadly missed by many.
Visitation will take place in the Midtown Parking Ramp from today at 3:30 until I collect enough money to call the towtruck.
<3 Babette
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