Hawkgirl Rides Off into the Sunset
Jul. 9th, 2021 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerThis evening we sold our car, "Hawkgirl". These are the last few pictures I've taken of her. This evening she rides off into the sunset without us.
![Hawkgirl— no longer our car! ð¨ [Jul 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/749911/749911_original.jpg "Hawkgirl— no longer our car! ð¨ [Jul 2021]")
She's a 2008 BMW 135i convertible. We bought her used in 2012 with about 30,000 miles on the odometer. I actually wrote a blog entry the night we bought her. (I say "actually" because I blogged infrequently back then. The whole month of April 2012 has just 5 entries.) Just over 9 years later we've sold her with 149,400 miles on the clock.
The red leather interior wasn't our favorite color when we first saw it. Frankly it's polarizing. It grew on us over the course of a few days, though, while we were shopping different vehicles. Among other things, if you're going to drive a sports car with over 300HP you might as well make it eye-catching! I gave her the name Hawkgirl because her color combo resembles one of the costumes the comic book heroine Hawkgirl has been drawn with. Usually she's in yellow and green with a highlight of red, but in one version of the comic she wears black with red flashes. That's our bird.
In the meantime it's bittersweet saying goodbye. She's been our beloved car for many years. We've enjoyed the power, the handling, the style, the size, the way so many things fit together just right. Alas, the repair bills have become too expensive.
![Hawkgirl rides off into the sunset [Jul 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/749681/749681_original.jpg "Hawkgirl rides off into the sunset [Jul 2021]")
It's taken two months to find a replacement we consider worthy— though, even so, we feel the newer car is still a compromise. Tomorrow we'll start that next chapter and begin understanding whether we've made a good choice or a poor one. Tonight, Hawkgirl rides off into the sunset without us.
She's a 2008 BMW 135i convertible. We bought her used in 2012 with about 30,000 miles on the odometer. I actually wrote a blog entry the night we bought her. (I say "actually" because I blogged infrequently back then. The whole month of April 2012 has just 5 entries.) Just over 9 years later we've sold her with 149,400 miles on the clock.
The red leather interior wasn't our favorite color when we first saw it. Frankly it's polarizing. It grew on us over the course of a few days, though, while we were shopping different vehicles. Among other things, if you're going to drive a sports car with over 300HP you might as well make it eye-catching! I gave her the name Hawkgirl because her color combo resembles one of the costumes the comic book heroine Hawkgirl has been drawn with. Usually she's in yellow and green with a highlight of red, but in one version of the comic she wears black with red flashes. That's our bird.
A One-Car Family?
We've sold Hawkgirl as part of the process of replacing her with a newer car— a process that isn't going well at the moment. As I noted in my previous blog (linked) it's not clear whether we've actually purchased another car yet. For tonight, at least, we're a one-car family. Tomorrow we'll find out if we're back to two. 😅In the meantime it's bittersweet saying goodbye. She's been our beloved car for many years. We've enjoyed the power, the handling, the style, the size, the way so many things fit together just right. Alas, the repair bills have become too expensive.
It's taken two months to find a replacement we consider worthy— though, even so, we feel the newer car is still a compromise. Tomorrow we'll start that next chapter and begin understanding whether we've made a good choice or a poor one. Tonight, Hawkgirl rides off into the sunset without us.
