Trading up, Good-bye Jeep!

So, we're doing it! Finally trading in Scott's Jeep Wrangler for a new car. We are totally pumped to seal the deal (hopefully) today on a new Ford Fusion. We'll wait and post pictures once we get that bad boy home, but we test drove and spent some (...a LOT) of time at the dealership Saturday and think we're pretty ready to go. I think Scott's most excited that it'll have air conditioning :)

So, in honor of the Jeep's last day in our care, I decided to write a goodbye letter.

Dear Wrangler,

Where to begin... I've known you for a long time. Back when we first met you were my boyfriend's sweet convertible Jeep, and I thought you were oh-so-cool. We went to the beach together and so many places I can't even begin to recount them all. But, I'm not gonna lie, my main memories are probably a little more shall we say on the Debbie Downer side. You had a tendency to mess up my hair, it became obvious that the CD's that went into your CD player would come back out looking like they'd been used as a coaster and a frisbee in a frat house, and need I even mention that more often than not the inside of you was covered with pollen and smelled like a tent? And don't get me started on the windshield "jiggling" incident of a few months ago on the way back from the beach. Not cool.

I digress... we had some "times"...we'll just leave it at that. The only reason I'm feeling a tad bittersweet is because I know that you and Scott were buddies... and I know how much he's going to hate saying goodbye to you. Twice yesterday he said "I wanna keep my old car (you)... I don't want a new car." But that's just the nostalgia talking, don't get all excited, Wrang. If you had a little more to offer in the air conditioning department, we might be able to stick it out. Oh, and speaking of stick, that's another weakness of yours.

Oh, not to make you jealous, but your replacement has sync, so we can call people without picking up a phone. And play ipods...It's gonna be killer.

So, it's been real... and you'll be missed.
Love,
Jamie

... and we did a "photo shoot" yesterday after the car-washing extravaganza! It's so ironic that we did all this work to clean the Jeep inside and out just to get rid of it! Cross your fingers that the dealership is feeling generous in their trade-in division...