
I got my first car in December of 1997. A Christmas gift from my best friend’s grandmother (the only grandmother I ever had) because she had updated to a new model. A 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity! I couldn’t have been more satisfied. I was no longer “a bus rider” or dependent on all my friends schedule. I, too, had a car. I loved that thing! Who cared that I only had AM/FM?! I didn’t need no CD player anyways! It was poop brown and I named it Betty. (after the lady who gave it to me) It got me from point A to point B without ever giving me too much trouble. It went fast enough to get me pulled over a time or two, but looked bad enough to get me out of the ticket the officer just never had the heart to give to me.
If my memory serves me correctly it took less than 20.00 bucks to fill the tank. An average of $1.09 a gallon! So not to be a old fuddy-duddy (cause really I am not)……..but the fact that gas just might go back under $4.00 a gallon kinda has me all excited.



