When I began driving my parents wanted me to drive a large vehicle; my mother especially because they are safer. But at the time the only vehicle my parents had that was large was the 4x4 half ton truck; I hated that thing and still do to this day. Occasionally I will have to drive that monstrous beast and I feel completely out of control with it. The truck just wasn't for me... The only other option my parents had for me was the old Prius. AND I LOVED IT! It's small, great turning radius, and has a great mileage. The positives my parents saw in it were that it was old and so if it got damaged it wouldn't be quite as big a deal.
A total badass drives this car! |
I started to drive myself to school in junior year of high school and since then the Prius and I have gone on great adventures. One of the early memories of driving in it was one day after school my friend Jesse wanted to hang out so I told him I could just drive to his place and we could have a great time. We get in the car and I instantly turn on Billy Joel's Uptown Girl, roll down the windows, and we start driving through campus singing! So what if we got stares, we didn't care how gay it looked. Two guys in a powder blue prius singing Billy Joel, sounds like a good time to me!
Little Blue enjoyed itself very much here. |
Over this past summer Little Blue also got a good work out. Every week I would have to go down to Davis for one of my research positions, meaning about2 hours of driving that day. Along with that Charlie came in to town and we spent a day down in San Francisco; that's about 2 hours of driving each way. Later that same weekend we had to go down to San Jose to help my brother and dad move in to their new apartment. So Little Blue was loaded with stuff and got 2 more hours of straight driving. After getting back I find out that I have to meet my dad to get him some stuff he forgot, so there is another hour long journey to meet him half way, BRING IT! And Little Blue stuck through it ALL!
And now I have brought it with me to college. Little Blue has seen so much of my life; but through all the ups and downs it was still there, as reliable as ever. I'm able to just jump in, put on some music and have a great time in that car. I think all of my friends that have gotten a ride in Little Blue could each give their own great story about riding in there, it's just full of good times.
The Great Migration has begun again! |
The reason I began to think of writing about Little Blue is because it recently had another great mile stone; yesterday it went on it's first dirt road! It may be a small car but that doesn't mean it can't drive on rocks! It performed fabulously (aside from the cd player skipping every few seconds...). It now gets to come out with me on Salamander hunting trips and get all sorts of dirty. So what if it isn't a sports car, it will always be my first car and favourite car.
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