For the last 7 years I have driven a very nice car. When I bought it in 2003, it was the nicest car I had ever driven; over the last 165,000 miles, however, it started to show its age, and was almost like a diary of strange driving events:
- There was the slight dent in the back bumper where an elderly man backed up completely out of his driveway, across the street, into the driveway of my daughter's daycare provider, and into my bumper - despite me yelling and waving my arms for him to stop.
- There was the rust spot on the driver side door, which occurred thanks to (another) freak Lockport wind storm, that jerked the door out of my hand and into a parking lot pole 2 years ago.
- And there was a tiny chip out of my windshield, always exactly in my field of vision, that happened during a hailstorm last spring.
No matter how much we love a car, car owners know when it's time to say goodbye. That time for me came last night, when I was shocked to realize that I could somehow afford the lease of a 2010 Toyota Camry XLE.
Despite my former car's shortcomings, and thanks to the generosity of Mike Basil Toyota, I drove off the lot with an amazing new vehicle.
As I drove home, it was like a cloud had lifted. I had been worrying about my old car for quite some time. I knew that eventually it was going to start costing 
major buckage to keep on the road; it was just a question of when. To not have that worry hanging over me anymore was liberating.
Everyone talks about that "new car smell." For me, it's more than just a smell; it's that new car feeling, and at the moment, I'm loving it.
--Brian
Source: http://bdemay.blogspot.com/2010/08/that-new-car-feeling.html
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