Farewell, Hooptie, Hello, Echo

Sunday, February 13, 2011
Today we're running up to my Hot Mom's. She recently purchased a new Honda for herself, so I'm buying her old vehicle, a gently used Toyota Echo, for my Hot Daughter to drive.

I currently own a 1990 Honda Accord (the "Hooptie"), and we were going to have my Hot Daughter drive that while she's still in college. However, it has a slow oil leak that will cost me more to fix than the vehicle's worth, so we started looking for alternatives. Thankfully for us, my Hot Mom has been thinking of a new vehicle for some time, so it all works out.

So then I had to decide: What to do with the Hooptie? It runs really well (although it needs an extra quart of oil every 1,000 miles or so), and always starts, even on the coldest of mornings. But man, that is one ugly car. The paint is fading, it's rusting out, it's missing a hubcap, and the inside is a big, sticky mess with Skittles ground into the carpet.* And the rattling! Soon OSHA is going to require that I institute a hearing conservation program for those unfortunate enough to ride in the damn thing.

So after some thought, we've decided to donate the Hooptie to the Good Will, who will hopefully find some low income person who needs a reliable car (with a slow oil leak) to get them to and from work.

So my Hot Mom gets a new, awesome Honda, my Hot Daughter gets an awesome Echo, a low income person gets a reliable ride at a low price, and I get a tax deduction.

Pretty good work for a Sunday afternoon.


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*That would be the Smart Sailor's legacy. After he totaled his first, awesome car and was forced to drive the Hooptie or walk, he did less than a stellar job of taking care of it. I trust my Hot Daughter will not have that problem with her awesome Echo.

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