After using Shank's pony for a month or so, one of the church directors, John Tosy, undertook to sort me out with a vehicle. He would kindly pay for it and his wife, Mary Ellen would pay my first year of insurance.
Despite the fall in automobile prices, finding a car to fit the budget required that we do some "bottom feeding". We headed off to Helping Hands where cars are donated for a tax rebate and then sold to generate funds for charity.
As we were picking our way through the wrecks, my future ride was dropped off at the yard. We snapped it up, even though it had a siezed water pump and burnt out belt. It is a 1995 Mercury Sable GS. 3.0l V6 engine, which Americans describe as "economical".
It is white, so Heather named it the "Snow Mobile" in anticipation of the coming weather. When the snow finally fell, we realised how white snow is and how grotty the car colour is!
Some church members have named it the "White Cloud" My elevated driveway causes it to hover over the church parking lot like a small Cumulonimbus when it is parked.
It has the coolest headlight configuration. Where other cars have a radiator grill, mine has an illuminated panel that stretches between the headlights into one long "unibrow". Making my car look like a space ship at night! Step aside Cylons!
However, my preferred name for the car is derived from the nautical lines of the car. It has a funny flatness over the rear wheel arch which is reminicant of a boat. It has no metal rear window stays. The glass wraps around the rear of the car continuously, looking like a luxury yacht. The interior is blue. And I mean blue. It even drives like a boat. Chugging along, drifting carelessly from side to side with the slightest nudge of the wheel.
Yes, my car is the love boat. I don't care how high you lift your eyebrows when I say it.
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