Sunny Side Up Sunday

Hello Dear Reader,

Today I am grateful for a reliable car. I guess that sounds a bit strange but stay with me. My dad was a car salesman and as such always drove a "demo" we had so many different cars over the years, both in Gympie where he worked for Hammond Ford and down here where he worked for Sun Ford at Caboolture. He won numerous awards for his salesmanship and was trustworthy and honest.  He was a good, down to earth man.

There are a few minor marks on the exterior of the car

When dad retired he bought himself a beautiful Volkswagen beetle which he just loved and kept it in immaculate condition. It was vintage but in beautiful condition with red upholstery and perfect paint work.

The inside is still perfect

I didn't learn to drive until I was 24 with 2 little babies in tow, that is when Dad started to get sick and I realised I needed my licence and could no longer be a burden on dad or lovely hubby. My first car was a monolith of a car, it was a big ford falcon wagon with no power steering, I used to drive around the shopping centres in hope of any easy park, of course there never was so I would park on the side of the road and walk a mile with the kids to do the shopping.

My second car was much smaller, a holden Barina, it was way too small for all of us to fit in it (lovely hubby is very tall with extra long legs) and it was useless on the highway, it just had no get up and go. My third car was a Nissan Pulsar it was bigger but also had no get up and go, so was useless long distances. In between the Barina and the Pulsar I was without a car for quite a few years and that is when the kids and I biked everywhere, we were fit as fiddles.

In her last few years my late MIL was unable to drive so I started driving her where she needed to go in her car, it is a lovely car with quite a bit of power behind it. We inherited her car when she passed away and now we own a Lexus, a car I could only dream about previously. For it's age it is wonderful condition and will most likely be the last car I own.

18 years old and 92,107 km on the clock

Over to you, what are you grateful for today?

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