Had the Mitsu picked up from the gas station it was sitting in, and towed to the back lot of where I work. Sad thing, that poor little car. Have a lot of good memories with it, from driving to and from San Jose, when my girlfriend still lived down there, and all the places it’s taken me. It worked hard, was great fun to drive, and unfortunately, now it’s dead. Hopefully, the car will still give some people benefit – it’s going to be donated to the California Council for the Blind, and whether they rebuild it, or take the parts that are working, and find them new homes, hopefully, my first car will keep providing people with utility and happiness for some time to come.

I think what I’ll do about getting another car is save up a bit, and get a classic Mini, and spend some time rebuilding it. Went and test drove one this weekend, and it was a blast to drive. Probably will cost about $5K to get one in decent shape, then more, but spread over a longer term, to fix it up so that it looks and works really sharp. Hopefully, this will be a car to learn on, since mechanically, it’s much simpler than the GT, which was always a bit daunting. But, I can’t afford it right now – too many house expenses to worry about and such, and so, it’ll have to wait a few months.