Excellent Twos

Two years ago today I drove the Subaru home from the dealership. My first brand new car. I still like it! I have driven through some nasty winter weather in it and stayed on the road. Staying on the road is good. The car talk guys say that girls name their cars. I haven't felt any inspiration toward hanging a moniker on this car. I did name one vehicle, but in an uncomplimentary vein. For five years I drove a Ford Aerostar minivan which we christened the Antichrist. In homage to The Gods Must be Crazy and due to the fact that we were certain it was demonically possessed. It just did strange things and for no apparent reason. It coughed, sputtered, leaked, smelled weird, fogged up, died, lost power and stranded us more than once. Navigating it down the road in a high wind, which is most of the time in South Dakota, was more like herding a big, fat cow between the ditch and the center line than actual driving. When it wasn't doing those things, we got a lot of miles out of it and got it really, really cheap. And it was pretty comfortable for road trips. In fact, between the tiny price we paid for it and how much we got for it when it was traded in, we may have actually made money on owning it. Which is a very strange and almost unAmerican concept. Or the most American. I don't recall naming any other cars. My first car was a Chevy Nova. And eventually it did just that. From there I drove a Ford Fiesta, Ford LTD, Ford Escort Station Wagon, the Antichrist, Mercury Villager minivan, and now, the Subaru Outback. Name suggestions, anyone?