My Daughter's First Car - Chevy Cavalier Z24
Daughter Has First Fender Bender
My daughter has had her car for less than a month. Today I came out of work to find her in the parking lot waiting for me. She came with a family friend.
She admitted later that she worried about my temper, my possible reaction to telling me the bad news about her first accident.
She backed into a small metal pole. No damage done to the pole, just her bumper. She misjudged the distance while looking out her mirror. Quite literally a fender bender.
She's driving a white Cavalier. It's a pretty little coup - the sports version - a Z24. The Camero's little brother.
I was happy to give it to her for her sixteenth birthday.
Now her little white sports car is just a little less pretty, a little less perfect. She could fix up the damage for around five hundred dollars.
In fact if you squint your eyes you really won't see the damage. Still I know it's there.
Not enough to report on any insurance claim since it would cost me a bundle in increased premiums.
Meanwhile - My Vehicle Is Literally Falling Apart
As I continue to make payments on My daughter's car I wonder when I'll ever get the chance to buy a newer car for myself.
I'm driving an old rust bucket that is quite literally falling apart. I wouldn't want to make a list of the broken, and not working items on my car - as I'm worried someone would probably tow my car off for scrap.
I gave my daughter the newer car to drive since I didn't want to risk her life having her drive the junk which I drive everyday to and from work.
I wanted my daughter to have the thrill of driving a nice looking sporty little car at an age when that's about the most important thing in life - other than premarital sex.
I Dedicate Myself To The Purchase Of A Newer Car - For Myself!
This little experience has decided for me that I will buy myself a newer car.
I was going to pay off a few bills first, but that's always been the reason I never bought a car for myself in more than a decade.
In a few months I'll have my daughter's car paid off, and when I do I'm going to buy myself a car!
Yes, that's what I'll do, or at least that's what I'm telling myself tonight.
