I want my car back

So remember that blog post I wrote a while back. The one where I wrote a short version of my life story and how a car purchase really screwed up my life?  Well I wanted to bring that up because I want that car back.

When we bought our Hyundai it had 40 original miles on it. It had a 23000 loan with 8.99% interest. My original payment was 380 for the first year but switched to 329.44 @ 6.49 the very next year. Yes the car that screwed up my financial life I want back. I believe if I hadn't bought that car and if my father in law hadn't convinced my wife with a burning bridges ultimatum I would be in a better situation right now. You can't change the past but you can change the future.

That car owned me for 5+ years of my life. Through the beginning of my marriage till we were expecting our 3rd. There were alot of times where we needed that extra 329.44 It was the discussion of many heated discussion. It put a toll on our marrage and it paralyzed our finances and our future decisions

It wasn't all bad. Of course there was many good memories.  My first vacation after my 1 year date at work we took it on a road trip. We went through AZ UT Stayed in Idaho stayed by the beach in Oregon. Stayed in Washington and then back to Arizona. It's been to the cat walk in new Mexico went to Silver City where we stayed at the Drifter (never again) been to Disneyland Sea World The California Beach.  In fact that was my first time in California. Unless you count the layover.

Right before we traded it in we celebrated its 100000 milestone about 5 miles outside the town of Vernonia Oregon.

My first and second daughter were taken home in that car so was our dog. We moved twice with it.

 Eventually I did have to break up with it. My family was growing but my budget wasn't.  It was a good decision to let it go and it may be a good decision to purchase it again except this time there will be no loan and a free and clear title that I had never seen. I'm contemplating on trying to find it. Things are looking up and I think an ultimate satisfaction would be to own the car  that once owned me.