Monday, November 15, 2010

Our Car


This is the car we had while we were in Australia. Nate got there 2 weeks before the rest of us and one of this big jobs was to find a car. It might not seem like much but it was the perfect car for us! It is a 1995 Toyota Camry wagon and the whole time we were in Australia, it never let us down. The only work we ever had to do to it was to replace 1 tire. I'd say that is pretty good for 2.5 years. Especially with a car that old. We even fit 3 kids in the back seat. It was a process to get the kids in but once we were all buckled up it was plenty comfortable.

When we were getting ready to come back to the States and needed to sell it we weren't sure how close we should wait to when we were leaving to advertise it was for sale. We decided a couple of weeks would be good. The first man who came to see it ended up buying it. He told us he didn't want to make a decision too quickly and that he would leave and talk it over with his wife and let us know. We noticed that he never actually left his parking space on our street. He called his wife from there and came right back up and bought it. It was all around a huge blessing. Of course it was stressful getting through our last days without a car (taking Liam to and from school, grocery shopping, etc.) but we managed. We figured it was much better to be without a car for a short time than to leave the country without selling it.

1 comment:

Carol Joy said...

I love it!! I have a 94 Corolla! So it's pretty cool, they're pretty similar. I bet yours didn't have as much character as mine. ;) I don't even think I've told you all about mine before. I'll have to tell you all the awesome things, and why her name is Punchie!