10 Happy Years with a Couple of Old Nags
Swayback #1 December 26th, 2013 marked the 10-year anniversary of a very special relationship. The old girl in question has been so good to me and my family. She's reliable, hard-working, and still a little pretty in spite of her advanced age. Sure, she often has a "rode-hard-and-put-up-wet" look to her, but I don't mind. Even though at times she feels unsteady and rickety, she still delivers one heck of a ride. While I don't really "love" this aging wench, she does have a special place in my heart. Yeah, my 2002 Mitsubishi Galant has been very good to me! Ten years ago we paid $10,500 for this "sweet" ride. Since then, I have replaced the tires thrice, the timing belt twice, and the air condition once. (I might have changed the tires four times, but I wanted to use the word "thrice.") When I bought her, she had 46,000 miles on her; today she has over 257,000 miles! Here she is: The Chick Magnet Earlier this year...