We have owned you for 4 1/2 years. You have been a wonderful, albeit a little small, van for our family. We've driven you to Utah, the beach, Monterey, camping and on countless day trips. We brought home 2 babies from the hospital in your back seat and had many happy conversations with the kids in there. The kids loved that you played fun music and movies for them to make car rides go by faster. We tried to treat you with care and give you all your scheduled service requirements. I understand the kids didn't keep you as clean as you would have liked, but you have been well-loved. When we bought you with 109K miles already driven, everyone said, "Oh, it's a Honda. They run forever. You'll be able to get 170-200K miles out of that car." We needed a bigger car to make room for baby #3 and you were the right price from friends, so we gave you a new home hoping those words would be true.
So what the heck happened when you peetered out on us at 140K miles? I thought the weird sound I heard in your engine lately was just a little hiccup in our long relationship. We had financial goals, you know, and overhauling your transmission and/or engine was not part of those goals. I'm very sorry to say this, little Honda, but we must part ways now. When the mechanic says there are gremlins in your engine we are really hesitant to sink money into repairs to keep you happy and running. It is not worth it for us. You might have Pandora's Box under that hood. We are so sad to see you go, especially Toby, who cried most of one evening when he learned we would be selling you. Frankly, I'm ticked you did not fulfill your end of the bargain. You were supposed to run well and be our reliable little Honda until we paid off our school/practice loans. So with that I say, You're fired! Hopefully, we can sell you to someone who can fix your problems and you can find another home there.
Now that you have been let go, may I introduce your replacement. Just in case you are at all worried about how we are going to get around without you, here is our new van. We picked it up yesterday after a couple weeks of car hunting. Uncle Arnold found a deal on this van at the dealership he works at and we couldn't pass it up. We are excited that it has just over 50K miles for a great price and more room inside for people and stuff. The kids are ecstatic that it has a DVD player and the doors open and close by themselves. Admittedly, I like your color better, but it's not a big deal and I'll get over it. So even though you put a huge bump in our plans, we were able to buy your replacement without signing away our first born. Not having a car payment will allow us to save up the money you cost us when you DIED and we will be back on track in no time.Sincerely,
D & C
Your disenchanted owners
P.S. Sorry Logan broke your rear-view mirror off yesterday. Then again, maybe you deserved it for breaking down on me.
