Gosh, a car tally...
Oldsmobile Station Wagon, Cutlass Supreme - 1984-1985 - traded it back to my dad for my next car
Honda Accord - 1985-1986 - KCD totaled going 5 mph in a parking lot
Mazda Truck - 1986 - 1990 - traded it in for a mommy car
Mercury Sable - 1990 - 1995 - I don't remember why we traded this one in
Ford (what the heck is the name of the Sable twin car)1995 - 2001 - Again, not sure why we decided we needed a new car
Toyota Camry - 2001 - 2005 transmission started to go
Toyota Sienna - 2005 - 2008 - Lease ended
Ford Mustang 2008 - now - inherited from mom
So that is 8 vehicles over 27 years. And doesn't count KCD's cars, which we technically both owned. Not all the cars were brand new, but yikes! Too many of them.
Still no word from my PM. Hoping in the shower. Watch, now he will call.
Take this test. No, seriously.
Happy birthday, Amy!
I read the Henrietta Lacks book. I really liked it, but it does get a bit loose around the middle. It's one of those books where even when it doesn't work, what it's trying to do is interesting enough that I still liked it.
Hmm Jilli... will think a bit about topics...
I took it. It wasn't an accurate depiction of me at all.
Also? Happy birthday, Amy!!!
I've taken that test before, ita. It's VERY WEIRD. Also not very believable, since the outcome claims I'm far more confident than I am.
I've owned 5 cars in 25 years, so I suppose I'm on target for 10-12 in my lifetime.
I think the point of the test is to escalate feelings of paranoia and anxiety, and it's pretty good at it. That or my two cups of green tea and lingering headache and upcoming block of con calls.
My results were fairly accurate, I thought. Also a little disturbing, though.
If I count cars I've driven for extended periods of time, then it's way more than 12. Actual ownership brings the number down significantly.
Driven:
- 1985 Porsche 944 - first car (my father was going through a mid-life crisis the same year I turned 16)
- 1988 Ford Tempo - hand-me-down from Mom (transmission blew in December 1996)
- 1997 Ford Contour - worst car I ever owned. Sold it to my uncle in 2001, who didn't care how noisy it was.
- 2001 Acura 3.2 CL- leased while I was a consultant for Honda. Nothing spectacular and I turned it in as scheduled at the end of the lease.
- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Cadillac DeVille - company car
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 GMC Yukon XL Denali - company car
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Cadillac DTS - company car
- 2005 Cadillac SRX - leased, driven by DH, not worth the money and expensive to repair
- 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid - company car
- 2010 GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid - company car
- 2011 GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid - company car
- 2010 Cadillac SRX - bought it off lease from the program I run for when I lose my company car with the job change
Actually owned:
- 1997 Ford Contour
- 2001 Acura 3.2 CL
- 2005 Cadillac SRX
- 2010 Cadillac SRX
- 2000 Isuzu Rodeo (DH's so it might not really count)
- 2007 Chevrolet Suburban (DH's so it might not really count)
God, I am a conspicuous consumer of vehicles if you count the company cars.
Happy birthday, Amy!
FTR, I hate allergies. I look like Rudolph right now.
