Goodbye, Michelle
June 30th, 2009
Her name is not really Michelle. In fact, she’s not even a person. She’s my dear old car Altima. But it sounds a whole lot more romantic calling her Michelle.
Michelle was my first car, a hand-me-down from my older brother. Throughout our 10-year affair, she never caused any problem at all. Mile 1 or mile 139,890, she ran cool and smooth. Her alignment was always perfect, her AC always freezer cold. She braved the road with me every hour of the day. Sometimes when I couldn’t sleep, I would take her out at 3, 4 o’clock in the morning and just drive. We would return 5 hours later. That’s how much I trusted her.
Sadly after acquiring a new car, I had to let her go although she still has at least another 1500 miles left in her. She was 15 years old. Goodbye, Michelle. You will be missed.