10 years ago I said goodbye to my beloved 2003 Sonic Blue Cobra with only 7k miles. I absolutely loved that car but life was moving along and I was entering Police College as I had just been hired by the federal police. The training was long and the car sat in my brothers garage under a cover for over a year, to keep it maintained my brother would take it out every once and a while. I eventually was stationed out west in the mountains, the car was low and I was living in a rented basement apartment with no garage. At the time just dating my future wife we made the decision to sell the car and bank the money to save up for a home/start a family. The funny thing is I didn't really miss the car that much because life travels so quick, for me having my kids and getting married far outweighed seeing her go. Fast forward 10 years and I'm in the process of building my new home with double garage and I have 2 children (6 & 8).
I showed my daughter a nostalgic pic of daddy's old car, she asked why I sold it and I was honest with her and said that mommy and daddy wanted to start a family and needed the money to make that happen. Her response was classic from her " That's so sad daddy, that was a nice car", can you get a another one and take us for rides?". It made me realize how much I missed it and wanted my kids to now share in the enjoyment of going for drives.
Well I just put a deposit down on a 2004 Comp Orange with 13k miles, pick up Tuesday.
I guess the moral of this story is never let your passion die just because life gets in the way. One day you will not be around to enjoy things like these and I look forward to the smile on my daughters face when we take it out for the first time.
Last pic I have of my old SB before it left for the new owner. Thankfully I wasn't in the province to see it go.
I showed my daughter a nostalgic pic of daddy's old car, she asked why I sold it and I was honest with her and said that mommy and daddy wanted to start a family and needed the money to make that happen. Her response was classic from her " That's so sad daddy, that was a nice car", can you get a another one and take us for rides?". It made me realize how much I missed it and wanted my kids to now share in the enjoyment of going for drives.
Well I just put a deposit down on a 2004 Comp Orange with 13k miles, pick up Tuesday.
I guess the moral of this story is never let your passion die just because life gets in the way. One day you will not be around to enjoy things like these and I look forward to the smile on my daughters face when we take it out for the first time.
Last pic I have of my old SB before it left for the new owner. Thankfully I wasn't in the province to see it go.
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