R.I.P. Echo August 22, 2008

So, when Scabbers was 17 his parents gave him a car as a combination of Christmas and his birthday. They went out with him and they found a car that would last him a long time. a car that would be good for his pocket and good for his age and y’know. a GOOD car.

In 2001 Scabbers drove a brand new Toyota Echo off the lot. He’s had that car ever since. He’s been through hell in that car. Hell and good times. I’ve heard some crazy stories about it. It’s been stolen. and in a few crashes. one involved rolling down a hill and into a tree, though I don’t know how true that one was. And about a ear ago it got stolen. It’s oil tank was slashed and there was some cosmetic damage, missing CDs.. but it came back.. it was recovered and given back to Scabbers.

And in the time I’ve known him. He’s treated that car SO nicely. I got my liscense in it. We slid down a hill in the snow in it once.. that was kinda fun XD

But as of yesterday morning.. the Echo is no more..

Scabbers was driving to work. He was on Rt. 20 in Charleton. There’s four lanes of traffic. The rightmost lane was backed up, but there was a green light. so Scabbers goes around the line of cars and is heading straight through. A car pulls out of the HoneyFarms infront of him and is turning into the other lane of traffic, the one going the other way. The driver doesn’t even look at him and shoots out infront of him going… really fast. He hit their right front quarter panel and came to a dead stop. The other car kept going, up over the curb, brushed a lightpost before stopping on a lawn.

Scabbers is alright. He’s got some I’ve-Been-In-A-Crash soreness and a couple cuts on his wrist where his watch snapped. But the Echo is dead.. He’s very upset. And we’re currently carless… so My car is getting fixed and insured this weekend. I wasn’t in a big hurry before. I mean I don’t NEED it until the winter months. But between the two of us we do need one car.

Lookit the poor little echo