Well, she has managed to keep chugging along despite her $600 purchase price and many unique characteristics... but only just! Along with the host of ideosyncrasies mentioned in that initial blog entry, she has developed a few more:
- An occasional refusal to respond to the accelerator (eg. whilst trying to take off at traffic lights);
- An occasional enthusiastic revving and lurch forward whilst brake is on (eg. whilst trying to remain stopped at traffic lights);
- And, in the last week, a loud and painful groaning noise emanating from under her bonnet (although this seemed to disappear after we fed her some medicine - i.e. oil).
SO...
Today we have invested in her replacement! This involved a lovely drive down to Abbotsford, which is about an hour from us and only 5 minutes from the border into the US. It was my first drive properly out of the city, and the view of the mountains down there is stunning!! On the US side is Mount Baker, which towers over the rest and is snow-covered all year round. Anyway, now that we have reliable (we hope) transport, we are looking forward to venturing outside of the city limits every now and then! :)
And here she is...
Make and model: Ford Focus
Year: 2002
Engine: 2L, 4-cylinder
5 comments:
Sorry about the deleted comment. Should stop trying things out all the time! The car looks great - hope it takes you far.
See you in Lexulous x
sounds like fun driving your old car!
donna
I'm so glad you upgraded! Were you able to sell off the other one and get any $$ for it?
Yep - sold for $100 less than we paid, two days after we bought the new one - not to shabby!
The snowshoe walk makes me so jealous. An experience like that would have to be right up there in 10 out of 10. I'd love to be there.
Mrs Chicken would probably decline though. Like your wheels. Try them out between Banf & Jasper.
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