March, 2000


The Story Of Prea



Time for a new car, after I sold my Grand Am, it seemed like it took forever to find a car. All that was on my mind was the White Celica that I had seen at this Suzuki dealer, I told dad, that was the car I wanted he said “no we need to keep looking” so we moved on to Saturn’s a purple one, he drove it cuz it was a stick. Thought it was gonna fall apart very cheap car. So we were driving and we stopped at this owner to owner place. I saw a Probe there went straight to look at it, meanwhile dad was looking at this White car and he told me to come look at it. I was like a Honda?!?! Never really looked in Preludes, thought it was kinda ugly at first then we went in got the keys to the Prelude I thought wow this is a nice car drives great, but kinda putzy. They wanted ,000 for it, totally out of my price range. Then we left to go home and I went online to look at cars found two Preludes at this import dealer saw it was close to home and asked dad if we could go look at them there was a white and black one. Saw the white one and it looked like it needed some work, saw that it was a 5spd and was kinda upset. Dad drove it, didn’t say too much about it then told them we’d think about it. Then we went back to look at the other Prelude to see if we could lower the price and she kept saying no! So dad decided to give her a few days so she could think about it, then we drove back up there and was gonna make a down payment on it but the guy said it was sold. Got kinda sad, but then I thought well lets keep looking. Found one in St. Paul a black automatic, went to test drive it and it was junk! They had put a new engine in it and it was crap. Then we went over to Midwest Roadsters and found a ’94 black Prelude, 5spd, so dad had to drive it, really nice car but way to expensive. So by then I just decided that I wanted to go back and drive the white one, first dad drove it again and the gas pedal would stick and the car would quit, so he told them and the guy looked at it and fixed it. Then I got to try and drive it, drove it up and down the road and thought “man this is fast” and the clutch was so easy, by then I knew I wanted it. Went home thought about it then we went back again and I remember it was raining out and we were trying to lower the price on it. I can’t remember if it was the next day that we went to put money down on it, I remember dad making sure he put the SOLD sign in the window. I remember I couldn’t sleep that night I was so excited and happy! Then we had to go fill out loan papers and mom came over to look at my new car and she thought it looked very nice. Then dad and I were talking to the salesman, he told me a guy was upset cause he was just there and wanted to put money down on it the day after I did, when he told me that I was so happy the car was mine. Then dad got to drive it home, you could tell he liked it he was going fast and I just watched my little white car cruz in front of me it looked so cool I was so happy I got my white car, w/a sunroof and power windows. Then we got home and Matt and Joe were looking at it and I yelled, “hey you like my new car.” Then of course mom had to drive it she liked it too. Kinda sucks you get a new car and everyone gets to drive it before you do. Then that night Jon wanted me to go to his sisters soccer game, and I hated leaving my car home since I just got it, I wanted to drive it. The next day I think I went out a few times during the day so I could practice cuz I didn’t know how to drive a stick. It was so much better driving/learning on my own instead of having someone tell me what to do. It must’ve been the third day, Jon and I went to Pep Boys and were already putting stickers on it. Two on the side windows and one on the back. Type R (type rice as Andrew would say) and powered by Honda! Then came the back speakers since they were original and blown, Jon also bought a stereo for me. Then the antenna broke so I fixed that, had the tire patched from a nail, got an amp and a sub, got a Prelude sticker on the windshield, altezza taillights, and fog lights. This car gets so much attention. I am so happy w/this car, it’s been great it was the best decision. I am so glad that dad showed me this car if it weren’t for him I’d be driving a junky Celica. Everyday I wake up I open my shades and look at Prea. It’s such a beautiful car even today when I go to work I park so my car is outside the window so I can watch her and make sure she’s ok, when I look out the window I see my dream car! =) I sometimes think about what it would’ve been like if I got that other one and it would suck cuz my car has everything and that one I would’ve had to save up to get a spoiler and that automatic was just slow and boring to drive. I’m glad I made the right decision. And I’m sure all you are too so you don’t have to listen to me complain about how much I hate my car (grand am.) Now I can tell you how much my car means to me and that I really love her. I also named her Prea if you could already tell.

Aimees Favorite Quote: “Sure my car has a heart and soul, that’s what happens when you put yours into it”

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