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The story of Jon's cars
Jun. 7th, 2005 01:49 pmOnce upon a time, Jon had 4 vehicles: a Zebra Car, a Ford Expedition, a Geo Metro, and a Volkswagen GTI. Jon loaned the Zebra Car to a friend who needed a vehicle. That friend made payments on the Zebra Car until he bought it. Then Jon was left with only 3 vehicles!
The Expedition was a big, gas-hungry truck that didn't get used much - maybe once or twice a month, Jon or one of his friends would need to use it to haul something big. The payments were expensive, and the insurance was expensive. The truck was not worth as much to Jon as he was paying for it every month. He decided to sell it to a family that would be able to make more use of it on their farm.
The Geo Metro barely ever got used either. Jon was planning on turning it into a beautiful art car, like a dragon or a fish with cut-up CD's for iridescent scales. Until then, though, he just let it sit in the grass. Often, another friend who had a car that broke down a lot would borrow the Metro, so at least it was useful to someone. One day, that friend finally decided to give up the battle with his own car and just buy the Metro from Jon. So now, all Jon had was the VW GTI!
The GTI was a good car. It was silver and zippy and strong - Jon added a hitch to the back so he could pull a trailer with it... It was almost as good as having the truck back! But then, the DAY AFTER he sold the Metro to his friend, Jon lost Reverse in the GTI!!! What irony!
So now, Jon is driving a rental vehicle while the GTI is in the shop, and he has gone from having 4 cars to none. Easy come, easy go...
The Expedition was a big, gas-hungry truck that didn't get used much - maybe once or twice a month, Jon or one of his friends would need to use it to haul something big. The payments were expensive, and the insurance was expensive. The truck was not worth as much to Jon as he was paying for it every month. He decided to sell it to a family that would be able to make more use of it on their farm.
The Geo Metro barely ever got used either. Jon was planning on turning it into a beautiful art car, like a dragon or a fish with cut-up CD's for iridescent scales. Until then, though, he just let it sit in the grass. Often, another friend who had a car that broke down a lot would borrow the Metro, so at least it was useful to someone. One day, that friend finally decided to give up the battle with his own car and just buy the Metro from Jon. So now, all Jon had was the VW GTI!
The GTI was a good car. It was silver and zippy and strong - Jon added a hitch to the back so he could pull a trailer with it... It was almost as good as having the truck back! But then, the DAY AFTER he sold the Metro to his friend, Jon lost Reverse in the GTI!!! What irony!
So now, Jon is driving a rental vehicle while the GTI is in the shop, and he has gone from having 4 cars to none. Easy come, easy go...
