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I got a new car this week.

Time to pour one out on the concrete for the car I've had for the past 8 years and 235000 kms. So many great memories in that bad boy. Fantastic road trips, great friends past and present who have sat in that passenger side. That car has heard so many stories and laughs. If those (sedan) walls could talk...

I think there's something about a car that makes it easy to reveal secrets and things one normally wouldn't. The fact that someone is driving makes it virtually impossible to maintain eye contact at all times... and getting stared down is a reason why people remain mum. I know that's true for me. The last quasi-big, relationship-altering revelation I disclosed to a friend was while driving as I knew eye contact wouldn't be possible. I didn't want to see the look in the person's face as I knew it wouldn't be pleasant.

It's weird... I am logical and relatively dead inside, but dropping off my old car was kind of hard. I just kept thinking about all of the good times and good people who have been with me in that car and the memories. And for some reason, it felt like I was leaving all of that. Silly of me, isn't it?

I've been thoroughly enjoying my new ride a lot. And I so hope that the memories in this vehicle are even better than the ones I recently left behind.