Sixteen years ago, I was working as a school bus assistant and each morning, my bus passed the new Saturn dealership. It became a tradition for me and twelve year old Philip to discuss which of the new cars would one day be ours. Eleven years and 3 months ago, I drove my new Saturn off the lot. That same Saturn has served me well ever since. Today it reached an important milestone . . . 100,000 miles. Since I am all about "Getting on the Bandwagon" and since my car has been around longer than BB, KR, and Nate (Dad Bread was there for the test drive), here is a numerical report on my life with my car.
Oil changes: 45
Hours spent in the Saturn Service waiting room: 55
Car washes: 43
Flat tires changed: 5
Number of times it has left me stranded: 1
New batteries: 1
Number of lights changed: 2
Nonregular maintenance repairs: 3
Number of times it has been hit: 2
Dents: 0
Number of times I forgot to put registration stickers on in a timely manner: 9
Number of times I had to explain the expired stickers to an officer of the law: 1
Number of years with a scrunchy on my gearshift after cutting my hair short: 3
Number of drinks spilled: 3
Holes worn through original floor mat: 3
Number of times slept in: 4
Gallons of gas: 3,334 (give or take a few)
Number of states driven in: 6
Trips to California: 4
Trips to Washington: 8
Trips to Edison: 2,220
Years without a car payment: 7
Here's hoping for another 100,000 miles!
