Head Tale

Even though I grew up in a small town, surrounded by tons of family and friends who were really into cars, I was never obsessed with vehicles myself.

I always said “If it’s got four wheels, an engine, and gets me where I need to go, I’m happy.”

Well, the car I bought a few years ago has been the epitome of that.

It’s a 2006 Ford Fusion that had *maybe* 60,000 km when I bought it off an elderly couple who never winter drove it and drove it very little in the years before they sold it as well since they had some health issues.

It was top of the line and fully loaded when they bought it new though obviously, a lot of those “features” aren’t as nice as you’d get in a brand new car (what *does* a chilled steering wheel feel like?)

I also put a better stereo in it than the factory one (though still a fairly low-end Pioneer – I feel the same way about stereos as I do about cars.  As long as I can hear the song, I don’t need some hi-fi, bass pumping monster.)

Best part?  Even though I only paid a few thousand dollars for it, it’s still running well and still a long way to go until it hits 100,000km since I basically only use it for commuting to work.