5 years ago today

5 years ago today (this afternoon technically, ~330pm, and a Wednesday too) i purchased my current mode of transportation, my 1999 Ford Explorer Sport. technically, i started paying loans on it, so i suppose when i paid it off in November, that was when i techncially bought it.

in any event, at 34,898 miles, i drove off the lot over at 128 Ford with it as 'my' car. 5 years later and at just over 104,000 miles, it's held up pretty well. i'm still frustrated over the circumstances under which i had to buy it (my jeep was stolen out of the parking lot at work and totaled just north of where i live now, in a shithole of a town i have a very strong dislike for). i had been planning on buying a new car in the summertime, but this forced my hand and i've been pretty pissed about that ever since. i certainly don't fault my car, but there is that constant reminder of the shit i went thru to get it.

a random happy factoid about the car, the first CD i ever listened to in it (actually started listening to while test driving, prolly heard 2-3 times during the process) was Tool's Aenima

so, happy buy-day car.

NP: The Residents - Gone Again