Well, this much smaller coyote (may he rest in peace) took out the second fog light and the radiator, deployed the airbags which smashed the windshield, and a few minutes later, the engine seized. Thank goodness Arthur was fine--just a little shaken and annoyed at breathing in the toxic airbag fumes.
AAA wanted to charge Arthur $300 to tow him to Albuquerque. So Arthur called me so I could tow him back. In our 4 cylinder van. Feeling a little skeptical and nervous, (all we needed was a banged-up van too . . .) I drove out to Cuba, (80 miles from ABQ) with some rope, some duct tape (just in case?), and some walkie talkies.
Arthur tied the green car to the van with rope, and we each took a walkie-talkie so I could warn him when a stop light was coming, since he couldn't see anything so close behind me. I'm still surprised it worked, actually.
That little "green car" as it was known in our family, was the first car Arthur and I bought together when we were first married. It's taken us a lot of places. But it would have cost us more than it was worth to fix it. So, it was time to say goodbye.
If you can believe it, someone actually bought that car on Craig's List for $350. He's a mechanic and has plans to fix it. As they were loading it on his trailer, his 7-year-old son said, "When we get this car home, we will have 8 cars at our house!"
So now we had to get a new (well, new to us) member of the fleet.
Meet "the white car."
A 2002 Ford Focus with power windows!
(No more crankin' the handle for Arthur.)
We are all pretty excited to have a car that has power windows and power locks. And we can thank Craig's List for this one too. Gotta love Craig's List.
5 comments:
New cars are so much fun. We still feel sad when we see a van that reminds us of our caravan that we traded in last fall though.
Our car just died too (I still need to blog about it). But ours was 700 miles from home. Luckily we had friends an hour away who towed it for us and then we sold ours on craigs list too. That's so weird that we had cars die at the same time.
Congrats (I think) on getting the new car. You guys rock - I love that Arthur had you drive to Cuba to tow him instead of pay the 300 bucks - and with your awesome caravan. That is something Rich and I totally would do... Basically I just love people that are real. :)
That crazy coyote! I'm glad everyone was safe. The new car looks great and power windows can make anyone feel glamorous (even Arthur) :)
Happy Anniversary you two! I can't believe we've known you about 9 of those ten years. Can't believe we are so old!
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