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I cleaned out the Mustang tonight. I'm giving it away tomorrow.
I got it new, just before Thanksgiving of 1990. Nearing fourteen years and 130,000 miles. Seems like a million. All those trips to Indiana. So many camping trips, loaded to the roof with gear. It's a hatchback so it's got a lot of room. And Mustangs aren't as small as they look.
I got it when I was 23 and living with my mother and sister. With few bills I was able to afford it, but that meant I couldn't move out until it was paid off. I was on the three year plan - $358.63 a month.
I never seem to have any decent pictures of my cars. I'll have to see what I can come up with. It's twilight blue - a beautiful color. Deep, dark, metallic blue. For several years, one friend thought it was black. About three years ago, I hit a deer. Now it's got one white fender.
I always kept it clean, and it had little rust until recently (which you can't see well because of the dark color), so people always thought it was a hot car. I was a little embarrassed to tell them it's a four cylinder. Now, I often hear, "they made those with four cylinders?"
I spent about an hour and a half cleaning the inside. I vacuumed it and shampooed the seats. Then sprayed and wiped down all the vinyl surfaces. It reminds me that I need to do that more often with my next car, so I can enjoy the cleanliness myself. It was funny what I learned by paying close attention. I learned that there was a fuse puller built into the fusebox cover.
When I went out to shop for a car, my sister was along, and we took out a Mustang. While I was driving, she looked in the glove compartment and saw a big yellow button. We wondered what it was, and she pushed it. It was the trunk release. We thought that was pretty funny. Just tonight, I noticed that it actually says that on the button.
I got it new, just before Thanksgiving of 1990. Nearing fourteen years and 130,000 miles. Seems like a million. All those trips to Indiana. So many camping trips, loaded to the roof with gear. It's a hatchback so it's got a lot of room. And Mustangs aren't as small as they look.
I got it when I was 23 and living with my mother and sister. With few bills I was able to afford it, but that meant I couldn't move out until it was paid off. I was on the three year plan - $358.63 a month.
I never seem to have any decent pictures of my cars. I'll have to see what I can come up with. It's twilight blue - a beautiful color. Deep, dark, metallic blue. For several years, one friend thought it was black. About three years ago, I hit a deer. Now it's got one white fender.
I always kept it clean, and it had little rust until recently (which you can't see well because of the dark color), so people always thought it was a hot car. I was a little embarrassed to tell them it's a four cylinder. Now, I often hear, "they made those with four cylinders?"
I spent about an hour and a half cleaning the inside. I vacuumed it and shampooed the seats. Then sprayed and wiped down all the vinyl surfaces. It reminds me that I need to do that more often with my next car, so I can enjoy the cleanliness myself. It was funny what I learned by paying close attention. I learned that there was a fuse puller built into the fusebox cover.
When I went out to shop for a car, my sister was along, and we took out a Mustang. While I was driving, she looked in the glove compartment and saw a big yellow button. We wondered what it was, and she pushed it. It was the trunk release. We thought that was pretty funny. Just tonight, I noticed that it actually says that on the button.
