If you have ever been emotionally attached to a car, it’s easy to see why bidding it goodbye could be a heartbreaking event. Memories get piled up and jammed between the broken passenger door and the coffee-stained seats, until you’re standing outside of the car, seeing every significant conversation with a friend or the best road trip you ever took, or the first time you got a speeding ticket and you sat in the car outside your house, trying to figure out a way to tell your parents. You stop seeing a 1998 white Toyota RAV4, and start seeing a significant chapter in your life that you have to put a price on and watch it drive away. Unfortunately, cars have a lifespan like everything else. It’s likely there will come a time when you have to retire your car. Here are a few tips on preparing for that event:
Remind yourself why that vehicle is no longer practical in your life. Does it keeps breaking down or do you constantly require more cargo or seating? If you are spending more money to keep it alive, than it’s worth, it may be time to say goodbye.
Stop making excuses to keep your loving vehicle. It’s easy to say, if I can just make a couple repairs and keep it going for a little while longer, I’ll start looking for another car. Chances are, that time has come and gone. This is the bargaining stage of grief. Let the dying car go.
Start looking for a new car. Nothing will help you quite as much as getting excited about a newer car will. Fortunately, rebounding with a car isn’t quite the same as rebounding with a human. When you’ve been driving around without A/C, there’s nothing better to dry your tears than the cool air from a new car.
Remember that you’re going to come to love your new car as much as you loved your old one, and you’ll be able to pack it to the brim with new memories!
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