The incredible Journey

bells, whistles

The steering column of my Town & Country was making this ungodly whine last December. The mechanic said, we can put a band-aid on it now, but in a few months you're going to need $900 in repairs and it will take two days.

Ugh.

So, in the spring we got it done. The next month the engine light comes on, bing! Another $700. Kelli is saying, "That's it, next time something goes wrong, you're trading it in."

Though I never agree with her on anything, this time she was right.

So, last weekend, she piles Colin, Drew, Taylor and Noah, and her mom in the minivan to go the swim club, and the power steering is making the same noise as before.

Crap!

So she had to move everyone, and everything into her Rav-4, and the Town & Country sat outside for a few days until my day off when I could trade it in.

So I'm driving up the boulevard, the car making that ungodly whining, and I'm thinking, 'I hope this thing makes it!' I'm about 2/3rds on my way when, bing, the battery light pops on.

Shit! I thought for sure I'd be calling the dealer from the side of the road. Come and get my trade in.

But I somehow made it. And traded it in for a Journey. After all the paperwork is signed, the salesman is pulling up in the minivan next to the Journey so I can clean out the minivan one last time. And there's this look on his face as he's hearing the engine. And I said, "too bad, it's yours now! You're stuck with it."

Anyway, the Journey has been great, Kelli loves all the bells and whistles.