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leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 05:58 PM Aug 2021

Tomorrow is going to be a very good day!

We are giving our old car to a family in need.

My Dad bought this Volvo 240 Station Wagon in 1990. He loved that car. Mom loved it too because it had air conditioning. Both of them died in 2008 and we inherited the Volvo. My older daughter started driving him (now named Charlie) to school. Her friends made fun of the mom-mobile, but she didn't care. She had wheels and they didn't. Then younger sister took it over when she started driving. Now they're both grown and gone and the Volvo hasn't had much love lately. We are retired and don't need two cars.

Last September, there was a horrible wild fire in our area that burned homes, vehicles, and businesses through four towns. Terrible. A local group rented a store front for donations for the fire victims - they needed absolutely everything. Anyway, we decided that Charlie needed to go to a new home. So we cleaned him up, got him a tune-up, and renewed the two year DMV registration.

Tomorrow morning, we will drive him to the family and turn over the keys. With all of the ugliness around us, sometimes it just feels good to do something kind.

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Tomorrow is going to be a very good day! (Original Post) leftieNanner Aug 2021 OP
🥇 underpants Aug 2021 #1
💕🤗💕 blm Aug 2021 #2
Good on you. Volvos keep on chugging, don't they? brush Aug 2021 #3
They do! leftieNanner Aug 2021 #4
I agree. Tomorrow will be very good TlalocW Aug 2021 #5
.... NightWatcher Aug 2021 #6
❤ nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2021 #7
What a lovely thing to do. I'm sure that family will be enormously grateful! Lonestarblue Aug 2021 #8
just curious - how many miles? rurallib Aug 2021 #9
Only 168,000! leftieNanner Aug 2021 #11
Well Done! Marcus Pullarius Aug 2021 #10
Thanks Marcus leftieNanner Aug 2021 #13
K & R...for good vibes... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #12
You're wonderful people malaise Aug 2021 #14
Good on you! 3catwoman3 Aug 2021 #15
Before I read about your kind deed panader0 Aug 2021 #16
This leftieNanner Aug 2021 #18
Great to hear!! ailsagirl Aug 2021 #17

Lonestarblue

(9,980 posts)
8. What a lovely thing to do. I'm sure that family will be enormously grateful!
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 08:34 PM
Aug 2021

We all know that there are good people like you in the world. We just need reminders every now and then. Thanks for the lovely reminder.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
11. Only 168,000!
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 08:59 PM
Aug 2021

I think the family will be very happy. We even have a separate set of winter tires (studded are legal here) on wheels. Les Schwab will swap them out for free.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
16. Before I read about your kind deed
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:50 PM
Aug 2021

I clicked the title because I just like the sentiment.
"Tomorrow is going to be a very good day."
I'm going to say that to myself at night before bedtime.

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