"Art" Car

As you all probably know, our truck died a few weeks ago and we have been looking to replace it. Clearly, from the looks of the truck, we are not picky with vehicles. Our standards are pretty low, (some would argue that's how Dave picked me for marriage :p) all we basically need is something for us to all fit in, reliable enough for getting Dave to work and around town, a/c is a plus because of the kids and something that won't guzzle gas. See? Low standards. Looks are not important (again, I defer to the truck as evidence) when it comes to cars. We were not in a rush to buy something since our friends lent us their car while they were on vacation and even then decided to let us have it for this past week since they rarely use their second vehicle. On Saturday I found a 1992 Honda Accord that was for sale in Parkville. I read the ad and then read it to Dave, being careful to NOT let him see the picture attached to the ad. He agreed it was something to look into, especially since it was in our price range, and then I let him see the picture. His reaction was less than favorable, but I reminded him that a new paint job would be no big deal for him, Mr. Body Man! :)



We made an appointment and went up Sunday afternoon to look at the car. It was owned by an independent singer/songwriter, Ellen Cherry (who sounds pretty good, check out her website if you are interested http://www.ellencherry.com/) who used it for lots of touring, including a radio tour in the South West last summer. Very quiclky it was obvious that she used this as her self promotion vehicle. It ran well, we liked the price and we all agreed that we'd buy it. After she took our picture in front of the car (she is very centimental about the car since she has used it for over 240,000 miles of tours, concerts, etc...) we packed up and left. It was perfect timing to get it since on the way home Bobby's car (I was driving it since the new car is a stick-Ughhhh!) started to over heat while in line for the toll.



We got home and had the car inspected by our Honda Mechanic, Tom, who is a friend from church (and Aaron's Sunday School teacher) and he said it was a great deal that we got, as did another guy Dave works with who used to work at a Honda dealership. We were happy, it went through inspection and now that we have it tagged and titled in our name, Davey now has new wheels. But guess what? It still has all the paint on it from when we bought it! Oh, yessiree! It is a sight, let me tell you! Dave said as he was driving it home from the inspection the other day people were looking at him! Heehee :) His response to that was, "You are in Glen Burnie, why are you surprised by this?" One side says, "It costs nothing to be gracious", the other says, "What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?", the hood has names of people she thanked during her radio tour and the trunk is covered in stickers of different places she has been with the car. (Thankfully, the interior is in good shape). Dave told me, "Of all the cars I have driven, I am actually embarrased to drive this one!" Can you believe it??? I laughed, I seriously can't understand how this is worse than the truck, but I guess for a man it is.



I'm going to try to post a picture of it at the end of this blog, it's the one she took of us on Sunday. I'm going to take a few more tonight before Dave takes the old paint off, he is soooooo anxious to get it stripped off :) I'll post those later, so for now this one will have to do.



Enjoy the laugh!