This little baby got me from Santa Ana California to home in three days flat. It drives amazing: it was Jerry's car and Jess is going to buy it from mom so she has a more dependable car to drive back and forth from Ellensburg. (BTW, it's a VW Jetta.)
Unfortunately, unbeknownst to any of us here in Washington (mom included) Jerry had been sick for quite some time.... according to his co-workers, at least four months, if not more. Because he was so sick, he was extremely tired, so the last thing he felt like doing was keeping his car clean. Plus, with Jerry being a smoker, this poor little car had seen better days. I knew once we got it home though, and gave it some TLC, it would be it's ol' self again.
Jess and I spent 3 hours today giving her new car a complete overhaul. We scrubbed everything, inside and out. It's amazing the nicotine buildup you can get on things. But with a lot of time, even more elbow grease, and a whole lot of persistence, we got it spic and span. It looks like a whole new car! We even got Jess's car seat covers in there to make it her own.
Unfortunately, Jess won't be able to drive her new baby for a while. Since Jerry is deceased, we have to try to locate a title or apply for a duplicate one, and with him living in a different state it's going to be even more complicated. It has to go to mom first, since she is the closest living relative and then she can sell it to Jess. I don't know how much time this is going to take, but it's not going to be a walk in the park. We cannot insure the car until we have all of this taken care of and get it into our names. So, it will just have to look fancy in our driveway for a while.
We will more than likely not have everything in order before she goes to school, so she will have to drive the Sentra for just a little while longer, but we'll get there.
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