Yes, friends, it's true. We have finally replaced the Pathfinder. About two weeks ago, we realized that our car (which turned 21 years old at the beginning of the year), was giving up the will to live. Our fears were confirmed when the mechanic later called to say that the car would cost $1,300 to fix. In addition, the mechanic said, the handle of the driver's door fell off when he tried to get in the car. Poor Pathfinder.Here are just a few reasons why we decided to abandon the Pathfinder:
1) The seatbelts have rusted away from their anchor in the backseat. No baby car seat will ever be safe.
2) The floor of the car has rusted away underneath the backseat, providing riders with very cold bottoms during the winter months.
3) Carbon monoxide wafts through said rust holes, which is especially unhealthy for pregnant riders/drivers.
4) $1,300 is more than twice the value of the car.
5) We will never be able to drive the Pathfinder to our new home after graduation this year, since the car will never be able to drive out of Salt Lake or Utah Counties.
(This being said, does anyone know someone who wants a great fixer-upper for only $300? If not, we're taking the Pathfinder to the junkyard soon.)
So, we have upgraded. Really upgraded. Meet our Prius 2008. Tired of paying 15 mpg for the Pathfinder, we got a hybrid car that usually gets around 45 mpg. Plus, it's more environmentally friendly. AND we can't smell exhaust anymore while we drive. The only thing that I will slightly miss about the Pathfinder is being lurched from side to side as we drove around - I used to get a really good workout for my core muscles.
I love this photo with the two cars side-by-side in the driveway. Art historians could make all kinds of symbolic interpretations about how the New Testament (Prius) has replaced and fulfilled the Old Testament (Pathfinder). If cars existed during the medieval period or Proto-Renaissance, ancient worshipers would have totally seen the correlation.
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