Happy 70K Jessica!!

Somewhere just outside Giddings Texas on this chilly night after owning my car for 2 years and 10 months my car clicked 70k on the odometer. For most people this is a non event, showing that the car is more worthless than it wasat 69,999 miles. But I don't feel this way. I feel I have formed a relationship with my car over the last 70k miles. In almost 3 years I have driven across the U.S. an average of 22 times, but the car has never left the state of texas. I love to drive, its my favorite thing to do, Im a petrol head. I always try to do something special when my car clicks past these milestones. For 25k I Flew through a tollbooth doing 90 mph, for 40k the car conqured the hurricane Ike ravaged beach of galveston, and on 60k the car went on a 1300 mile expedition of south texas. Tonight I missed the oppurtunity to do somthing special so ill write a review of the past 70k with Jessica.

Jessica is a black 08' Honda Accord with a V6. Its not the fastest thing in the world but it's a frigg'n tank! it hit a curb going 70 mph, its flooded.. Twice, and has been stuck in sand,dirt,mud. You name it, its probably driven on it. The car is a witness or has played a key role in almost all of my stories past the age of sixteen. One of the main reasons i put so many miles on my car was because during the summer I lived 30 miles from school where I had cross country practice everyday. The drive was my favorite part of practice. I would be Going about 100 mph and arrive barely in time and smoke literally pouring from my brakes! Jessica isn't that fast but she'll do 125 mph no sweat, and she'll bend through corners if you really manhandle her. Yeah she's not perfect, the breaks last about as long as a snow cone in the middle of june, and the road noise is a little bad, but I love this car its takin me on so many interesting trips.

One night my friends and I decided to do a little drive around town that lasted a little over 400 miles. we left my house and drove east till we were almost to Louisiana then headed south to the coast and discovered a truly spectacular road that was straight as an arrow through the south costal plains. It was about 2 a.m. when we were going flat out.. 125 mph. everyone was half awake trying to sleep before we hit the halfway point on the coast. so I decided to make sure that they where alert by suddenly rolling all the windows down at the same time. I learned that air traveling at these speeds will glue your hair all the way back. To make our halfway spot we needed to turn off the road and hit the beach. I was stunned when I parked my car right on the beach sharing a parking spot with only the tide. The stars are brilliant when your in the middle of nowhere on the beach. I've made that trip a million times now and made several improvements on how Jessica handles costal road trips. 1. Rubber Floor mats for obvious reasons. and 2. Jon Willhites Costal bon fire/camping kit. which consists of 2 recycling bins full of wood, 3 cans of diesel, shovel, tow strap, grill, cooler, and rifle. all of which fits snugly in the trunk.

This car was made to be a family sedan and commuter sedan for the man who works in town and lives in the suburbs. I drove it to the beach almost every weekend full of kids and equipment. and when I wasn't going to the beach I was out exploring somewhere else. I have loved the past 70k miles and plan on driving Jessica till she dies. 75k is coming up and thats kinda a big deal. where do you think jessica should go for her 75k?