LOVE AFFAIR WITH YOUR CAR

Our cars? Where would we be without them? Probably taking public transportation, or hailing a cab, or just plain hoofing it. Once a car was a luxury, but with the world chanigng so rapidily and explanding so quickly, a car is now a neccesity and it is rare to see a family without at least one car.

Our cars provide us a means to work, a means to obtain food, a means to relax, a means to reach out to those who are far away. In reality we have a love relationship with our cars. Did you ever notice a new car owner or a person who has obtained a "new" used car? They will attend to all of its needs (washing it, waxing it, vacuuming it, "feeding" it with the best gas), faithfully taking it in for a routine "physical exam", and seeing that all of its needs are met.

But then, as in a human love relationship, we slowly cease to pay excessive attention as we did when we first purchased it. We have no need to impress it of our feelings for it........we let it get dirty, we may not attend to routine procedures like changing oils and a tune up, we no longer keep it as clean inside as we once did.

That biscuit/egg/sausage/chesse wrapper from McDonald's finds it way onto the floor of the back seat. The plastic bag from the store gets hidden under a seat. The coffee stain on the front seat from where your Tim Horton's breakfast coffee spilled when you hit that pot hole remains as a dark reminder to put your coffee cup in the cup holder next time. The sucker a little one dropped remains stuck to the seat. There is dog hair all over the back seat from when you gave your best friend a ride to the vets. I think you get the picture.

But let that car begin to act up and you take instant notice. Just like a human relationship when one spouse begins to ignore the other and the other lets him/her know his/her disapproval in not-so-often subtle way, your car is screaming for your undivided attention again. Without yor car, you would be stranded in so many ways.

So the next time you begin to take advantage of your car and it lets you know by not running properly, remember you can't maintain a lasting human relationship without some effort and scarifice, you can't ignore your car's cries for attention either. By the way, turning up your radio when your car begins to make strange sounds of protest will not get you back on your car's good side........expect more complaints in the future.


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