Tomorrow "Fiona" is gone.
In January 2005, I had decided to purchase my first car. Being a long time Honda fan, I bought a 2005 Silver Honda Civic Si-G coupe.
I still remember the day I picked her up. I had been carless for a few days ( I was driving my parents windstar, but they had traded it in for a 2004 Honda Odyssey). Since this was the new family car I was out of a Vehicle. I was waiting for the new civic to be delivered to the dealership, in the meantime I was taking public transportation to work and school. As I was leaving work one day, I get a call from the dealership that the car was ready to be picked up. So i call my buddy Tuna to pick me up from square one to go get the car ( He was going to pick me up to go to nightschool... that didnt happen)
I remember sitting inside the car for the first time. The new car smell, the look of the LED lit instrument panel, and of course the anticipation of finally driving a car that I could call my own. I always told myself I would name my car once I purchased one. So this civic needed a name. I settled on Fiona, nevermind shrek, but i thought it was a name I felt suited the car well.
Fast forward to Sept 2009 and 179,000 kms later, shes will no longer be mine tomorrow.
I speak so highly of this car, and it may seem weird, but this civic had a very strong emotional attachment.
I love to drive, and I drove this car, roadtrips through the states, daily driving, it was a pleasure to drive in. Summer days and nights with the sunroof and windows open, Listening to whatever songs were hot @ the time, it was a great feeling.
A lot of the people I call friends today, I've met because of the Civic, My Fiancee vicki, our interests in Civics led us to meet and I will always be thankful for that.
I was always hoping Fiona would be @ the wedding, Infact I was planning on taking her to the church, in an ideal world, both Vicki's car and My car would be @ the wedding, its always the way I had pictured it in my mind.
Sadly it won't work out like that, sometimes reality forces you to make changes in order to better your situation and it is a fact of life.
The car will be gone, but the memories are forever.
Fiona will always be my first car, and though I won't be driving her anymore, I look at my life, my girl, my friends and its all here because of the car.
the trips, the meets, the shows, the good times ... well I'll never forget them.
Heres to you Fiona, its time for you to make a new set of memories for someone else.
J P
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