My Dream Car

Today was a fat day. Okay now that that's out in the open, we can move on to the topic at hand.


My name is Kima-Shai, and I drive a minivan. (Hi, Kima-Shai!) I didn't start out this way, it just kind of happened. My first car was a 1984 Red Ford Escort. Four-door, nothing fancy, but she was spoiled rotten! I got an oil change and a tune up EVERY three months! After a few years she began to cost more to fix than was monetarily logical, so I traded up. I got a 1991 royal blue Ford Escort Pony. Two-door coupe, I put a pop-up sunroof in it, and tinted the windows . OMG, you couldn't tell me nu-thing! I knew I was ALL THAT! Did I mention they were both stick shifts? Heck yeah! I'm still having stick withdrawal, and it's been since 2002!

So by 1999, my car was on her last tread of her last wheel, so I had to trade up again. I bought my first new car. A hunter green exterior/tan interior, classy and, yes it was a stick shift, Hyundai Elantra, year 1999. You know how you have to wait a few weeks for your plates to come in? Well, after a few weeks, mine came in and I put them on. Two days later, on my way to work after dropping the kids off at daycare, I totalled it! I don't mean repair-would-have-cost-as-much-as-a-new-one totalled. I mean spiralled-across-four-lanes-of-freeway-traffic-and-getting-hit-three-times totalled! God, my Hero, saved me that day too. I got another Elantra, this time is was burgundy with gray interior. Of course I tinted the windows!

By this time I have two children and in 2002 was expecting number 3. The Elantra was no longer big enough. I began to look at SUVs. No, I was definitely NOT getting a minivan! Women like me didn't drive minivans. So I got a Ford Explorer. Rugged, man this was great. I felt like I could run over all those puny cars on the road! All I needed was CB radio and "Keep on Truckin" sticker!! I was ready to off-road at a moments notice. I didn't. But I could have!

Fast forward to baby number four on the way. FINE!! I'll get a minivan! Yes there was some pouting at the dealership, but I won't say who! No SUVs with the third row seat were in my price range at that time, so I was really cornered into the minivan option. YOu know who annoys me? People with one child that get a minivan. How big is your kid exactly that all of a sudden you need a seven-passenger vehicle?! If I only had one kid, I'd still be in a nice little 2-door coupe with a limousine tint on the windows! Something like this Pontiac G5 with a 5-speed and a moonroof. I'm getting all excited just thinking about it!

Back to reality. I found a Pontiac Montana. Yes, it IS driving excitment. It was like they were thinking of me when they designed it. "What would Shai want?" Well, apparently they listened. I LOVED it! It totally sold me on the minivan set. Now I drive a Dodge Grand Caravan. She's good people, my van is. Gets us a lot of places with a lot of things. Four children, a double stroller, portable picnic table, grocery shopping and a trip to Wal-Mart? Minivans Rule!!

After this van, probably early next year I'll get another Montana. Then, after about 3 years, I'll be ready for

MY DREAM VEHICLE

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Yeah baby, in 2008 I'm bringin' it on!!!!