On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 5:09:15 PM UTC-4, rbowman wrote:
On 05/15/2016 03:00 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
Her response to me was "If it's about putting the milage on the car, I agree. If it's about
me driving 10 hours, you know that's not an issue."


After you drive 12,000 miles a month for a few years ,the thrill wears
off. I get back into it after the first couple of hundred miles but
getting up the enthusiasm to start off is difficult.

Well, it's not 12K a month, but my daughter had to do an internship for her Master's degree this
past semester. 100 mile round trip, 4 days a week. Toss in a few weekend trips to visit friends
at her undergrad school, trips home for the holidays, etc. and I think she's driven over 30K
in the past year.

The (not so) funny part of this is that she's driving her mom's 2005 Taurus wagon. (I kid her
that she's "the coolest kid on campus" but she loves that car.) Anyway, before we gave her the car we never used it for long trips. We always took my newer vehicle or rented a car if Mom
was traveling on her own. Now my daughter has driven that beast all over New England
for the past year and a half. She had it inspected at a trusted indy shop before heading off to
spend the summer working in Vermont and the owner said not to worry: "It's old, but it's in
great shape. I'd let my daughter drive it if it was hers."