This week is all about learning to drive and your first car...
Nelly the Nissan... ok, i actually don't call her Nelly, but I always said I would if I was the kinda person who named their cars... so for the purpose of this blog post, she's Nelly.
This is the only full body shot of her I can find. I wish I could find our very first picture together from 1999 where I'm posing with my parents in front of her holding not one, but two, Furbys. We go waaaaay back.
The picture above (Excuse the quality. It's back from the days of the trusty ol' LG EnV.) is from an icy day my senior year. I parked all the way up by the curb and when I walked out of school, this is what I found. Apparently my emergency brake did nothing to keep my car from sliding down the almost unnoticeable hill before the ice melted. I'm sure everybody in the parking lot loved me that day!
My favorite memory in Nelly so far happened the summer of 2008 when I worked in Naples, FL. The afternoon before I planned to drive the 18 hours home to Nashville, I turned my car on and nothing on my dashboard worked. I couldn't change radio stations, inputs, or anything else having to do with the audio. It was stuck on an AM channel that was all static. I attempted the tried and true "turn it off and turn it back on" which only made it emit a piercing beep that could only be stopped by turning the car off completely. I discovered I could put a CD in, but couldn't skip songs. I had several CDs with me so I was ok with that. Only an hour into the drive home, I tried to eject the CD I had in there, only to find out I couldn't.
Let's just say I know the first disc of the Across the Universe soundtrack like the back of my hand.
Almost a year to the day later, after learning to live with a radio-less car, I turned Nelly on and everything was working. Just like it had never happened.
Quirks and all, Nelly's proving to be a faithful car. It'll be a sad day when she kicks the bucket, but at least now I have Henry the Hyundai as a back up...
That's his bumper only a few months after I got him. Apparently he's not an offroad vehicle and doesn't appreciate it when I totally curb it. Here's hoping he lasts a while!
P.S. If you're visiting from Bonnie's link-up, comment and let me know! I'd love to read all about your driving escapades!
First off: I love the name of your blog. Secondly: Nelly is an awesome name for a car. The furbies? Classic 90's kid. Gotta love 'em (they were on the down and out when I was old enough to appreciate them), but my older sisters had some. :) You're car story was classic, gotta love them Hyundais. I ALSO put a dent in mine a few weeks into owning her. *sigh* Also: I'm you're newest follower :)
ReplyDeleteYou definitely missed out on the Furby hysteria. I remember people knocking people over to get them on Black Friday when I was in fourth grade. I screamed like a maniac when I opened mine on Christmas. I was that kid. Haha
DeleteWe always named our cars after food as kids, Chocolate and Vanilla for our brown and white station wagons. you know creative naming at it's best. My sister had a car that the radio would come off or on whenever you hit any kind of bump, so that was always interesting. Loved your car stories!
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My parents had a Kia minivan like that! Any bump made the radio stop and the lights dim. It was a piece of work!
DeleteThanks for visiting me over at my blog. Love your Nelly stories, especially her sliding across the ice. I can only imagine what my reaction would be! So funny.
ReplyDeleteI thought someone had played a trick on me and moved it until I realized it was still locked with the only key in my purse!
Deletewhy is it seriously so hard to find pictures of our old cars? I struggled big time too to find some good pics. Also I love that you named your car Nelly. I'm the type of person that names cars too- gives them more personality. Thanks so much for linking up! I can't wait to read your next one!
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