This Saturday my car, Ella, the '91 LeBaron Convertible, reached 250,000 miles. We threw her a birthday party, and no one came, but that's okay because we slept through it anyway. But we did have chili dogs. Too bad you missed that.Here's Ella in the early '9os. It's true, she was originally red, and it's also true that my sister and I once had really rad matching white rollerblades with HOT pink and yellow laces. I'm glad that HOT colors are coming back, because a color just isn't good enough unless it's "hot." My current wardrobe has a lot of catching up to do to get back to the late '80s.
And yes, it's also true that we used to dress like this in all seriousness. For example, note the pink and white overall shorts to match the pink and white rollerblades. That's me.Here is Ella today, with the brand new tires we got her for her 250,000th birthday.
I might get dewey-eyed if I start going off on all the tender experiences we've had with this car over the years. But let me say, I had two professors--they were married (the Plummers)--who said everyone should have a convertible once in their lives, and I very, very, very much support, believe, condone, preach, and thrive on that sentiment. In fact, the thing is, once you have a convertible, you will never go back.We're driving this car into the ground.
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I, too, once had a blue car that was not it's original color. It was a 1974 Opel Manta that I bought in 1975 from a neighbor and it was yellow. After my first accident I talked the car repair shop into changing the color since they had to paint it anyway. So when I was rear ended a couple of days out of the body shop, the yellow came shining through. I loved that car even though it was not a convertable.
That's pretty much amazing--250,000 miles! It really is a fabulous car.
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