In Loving Memory of, Putt Putt

Putt Putt was the name I gave a little Car that could I once owned during a time in my life when I couldn't afford a better car, nor to fix the one I had. My little, Putt Putt, chugged right along, limping at a snails pace. She was put through the paces. When, Putt Putt was running reasonably well, not great but within some realm of reasonable expectation, a deer leaped out of nowhere on my way home from picking up my daughter. The deer died and Putt Putt's hood was dented pretty good.

A few days later I noticed a Bumper Sticker what looked like a giant bandaid with the word, "OUCH!" on it. I couldn't resist. I paid for the thing and promptly dressed, Putt Putt's boo-boo. People, laughingly pointed and some sighed with sympathy as she struggled along the roads, refusing to yield to the deathly coughs and wheezes surging through her pipes.

I pressed her from Arkansas to Texas and back again on an impossible journey at great risk. Putt Putt, would drop to a literal 10 miles an hour on the freeway on inclines and would speed down hill as if a Indie 500 racer. I begged the truckers over the CB radio to not run us down, as Putt Putt and I were peddling as fast as we possibly could. It was a dangerous affair but, again, Putt Putt refused to die.

I could tell more of her brave exploits, but than these will suffice. Eventually, Putt Putt, had to be layed to rest. She couldn't take it anymore. Taking her to the Automobile Grave Yard was the hardest thing for me, but the reality was, Putt Putt, was suffering and it was time to let the ol' gal, go. She made the distance on her own power, about 25 miles from the house struggling between 15 to 25 miles an hour, and as she coasted into the wrecking yard lot, she breathed her last. I tried to revive her but it was a lost cause. She was hanging on till she arrive at her final destination to give up the ghost.

I had a picture of Putt Putt, but alas Cujo threw it away with loads of other things I had. She (putt putt, not cujo) was a sweet but little white rollerskate of a car. Putt Putt was an 82 Dodge Colt [click for a better looking version than mine]

Goodbye, my Putt Putt.