So, it is with great sorrow that I announce it is time to get a new car. I couldn’t help but spend last night in bed thinking about the good times we’ve had.
From the first time I drove her home, and felt the turbo kick in, how the car was filled with my giggling and squeals… I was in love.
The first time I washed and waxed her, it took me 5 hours that day, but I explored and familiarised me with every inch of her. If this is what it’s like for a guy to explore a girl, than I understand… I was in love.
The first time I tested her limits on the M1, letting her stretch her legs, hearing that almost unused turbo suck up its full breath of air, a soft sigh to my ears that I will never forget… I was in love
The first time I tested her handling racing with a friend down king gorges, I still remember the 180sx tail gating me, and the thrill I felt when I raced away at the lights with my friend… I was in love
The first time I took her to my friend’s rally drive, she was not the fastest, or the hottest looking, but she kept up with all the other big boys and made her voice heard, how proud I was that day, still reeling weeks after the event… I was in love
The first time I took her for a road trip to Port Macquarie, her reliability to keep to the road even when I was tired, like a lover whose stability ensured my safety… I was in love.
As they say, the first is always the hardest to get over, and as much as I have tried to save you by pouring more money down the drain, I’ve come to realise that I must let you go. I will remember every thing you have done for me, every little moment, every memory will stay with me until the day I die. Of course there will be others who make me squeal or giggle, but every time I hear the sigh of a turbo, or the rev of an engine, you will be the one that caresses the memories deep down inside of me.
You have showed me what it’s like to embrace the speed.
You are the one that tossed my hair, and got me addicted to that feeling.
You have showed me that you don’t need a V8 to feel the power.
You are the one that cradled the road to ensure my safety.
You have been everything to me, the centre of my universe. The source of my happiness every time I’m really down, I would turn to you and you would take me away and make everything alright. Even though you have been the recipient of my many tantrums, never once have you forsaken me and always ensured my safe return home.
There is much much more that I want to say, and no words could ever do justice the way I feel… The only thing I could say, the only thing I feel is summed up by 3 simple words. I love you.
Farewell my mx6 turbo, friend, companion, confident, lover… you shall never be forgotten.
