Time to retire the 'old girl'

I took my dog for a ride in the car Saturday afternoon that turned into an event. I was on a narrow country road behind our neighborhood. As I was approaching a curve and slowed down, my car quietly died without warning. It took 3 calls to get in touch with my hubby who was thankfully home! He came to the rescue in what felt like forever in that Texas heat. I had no leash or collar for my dog! It was just going to be a quick ride, right? Unfortunately, it was cooler outside the car than it was inside with all the windows down. Finally, Steve arrived. The daunting task was to turn the car around on this narrow road with his truck and a dinky rope. After much struggling with no power steering and mostly pushing the car ourselves, we finally got it. Off to towing it home right? A little slack in the rope and POP. Rope breaks. This happened about three more times. But, an hour later, we made it home!! And I thought I was going to die of a heat stroke!!

Needless to say, we bought two tow straps this weekend to keep in each car. The BMW, old girl, is now 11 years old with 185,000 + miles on it. She has been a wonderful car!! Steve realized it was the fuel pump and after trying to find the fuel pump relay location, he found the burnt fuse for the fuel pump. Changed it and viola car is all good again. W are thinking we will sell it soon and get something else with fewer miles on it. She's getting to a point where things are just slap wearing out because of age. I dont really want to continue to spend the money to slowly replace everything on the car. Luckily it's minor things but it's still the principle. I just can't find anything as nice as my 11 year old BMW and don't really want the note of a new one. I have not had a car note in years and it's very nice.

We are test driving his friend's chrysler pacifica today that is for sale. We'll see how it compares to the old girl. It's been a nice 6 years with her and while we will miss her we won't miss her lack of cup holders. As those German engineers say, it's the ultimate driving machine, not the ultimate eating machine.