sethcheek.com » Car http://www.sethcheek.com/blog Seth Cheek's Website Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Good Night, Sweet Van http://www.sethcheek.com/blog/2009/08/13/good-night-sweet-van/ http://www.sethcheek.com/blog/2009/08/13/good-night-sweet-van/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:31:21 +0000 Seth http://www.sethcheek.com/blog/2009/08/13/good-night-sweet-van/ goodnightsweetvan
As Luke and Liv call it, the “Sweet Van” has been put out to pasture.  It was a good vehicle.  It was a loyal vehicle.  But, unfortunately, it was a broken vehicle.  It lived for nearly 20 years before going completely nuts.  As best I can recall, here’s a rundown of it’s more interesting flaws:

  • Driver’s side window wouldn’t stay up
  • Passenger’s side door lock rusted shut
  • No air conditioning
  • Gas needle was WAY off
  • Brakes sounded like pliers on a spinning nail
  • Internal ceiling fabric drooped and sagged
  • Paint peeled off of hood and roof
  • Turn signals didn’t blink (just stayed on solid)
  • Brights wouldn’t stay on
  • Hole where radio should’ve been
  • Cupholders stuck shut

It was time to go, but it was weird seeing it leave.  If you’d like to share your favorite moments with the Sweet Van, feel free to leave a comment.

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This is also a eulogy for the 1990 Plymouth Voyager, known by Luke and Liv as the “Sweet Van”.  It’s coming up on its 20th birthday this year, and has been a loyal vehicle, albeit without a lot of features used commonly for driving, such as power brakes, an aim-able driver-side mirror, a driver-window that rolled down, a functioning oil gauge, AC, heat, a radio, a functioning lock on 2 of its three doors and several others I’m sure I’m forgetting.

I’ll put a picture up next time I’m home and near the van.

Share your memories of the Sweet Van in the comment section.  (If you’re having trouble, pretend it’s Bunny or something…)

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