Pardon my Ride
Woman in the Middle | September 26, 2015Youngest Daughter drives a classic first car – my old car. It is a 2000 Dodge Stratus. It is made extra special by the fact that the front left fender is a dark silver, while the rest of the car is shiny silver. That is Youngest’s badge of honor from when she was hit by a drunk driver, way back less than two months after she got her driver’s license and the first time she drove herself anywhere after dark. Hubby and I decided to fix the car at the time because we had seen what happens to cars in the parking lots of college campuses, and it isn’t pretty. Hubby went to a local wrecking yard to find a fender. His choices were purple or the darker silver color. He still says he should have gotten the purple one.
Her plan is to replace this beater car the SECOND she gets a new job.
Thursday, when she was being a road warrior, going all over Los Angles County meeting and greeting other engineers, one event Youngest attended was a mixer for folks who work in the theme park and entertainment business. The mixer was held at the historic and famous Roosevelt Hotel in the heart of Hollywood. Imagine her chagrin when she pulled up to the hotel and found that the only parking it had was valet parking. Not only was she not really happy for her wallet’s sake, but she was a bit embarrassed at having valets take care of her fine ride, two toned paint job and all.
Oh well, it was what it was and she handed over her good old Stratus with almost 200,000 miles on it to the same valet folks who have seen the likes of Brittany Spears and young Hollywood stars who like to hang at it’s night club.
When the evening was over and they brought Youngest’s car back around for her, she could help but quip to the valet who retrieved her car, “Smooth ride, right?” He replied, “It’s all good!”
Ah, that’s my girl! With parents like Hubby and me, I can’t imagine where she got that dry since of humor….
Nothing wrong with an old car, many young people end up driving mum and dads old car while mum and dad get a newer car, my brother got our parents old white car the their old blue car before he managed to buy his own car