whtrado04 -- I totally relate.
For instance, my car. I love my car. My car and I are best buddies. My car is awesome. It's a '97 Chevy Cavalier I bought new for about $9700. It now has nearly 270,000 miles and we still go everywhere together and it looks just as pretty as it did the day I drove it off the lot.
Whenever it needs a repair, it tells me so as conveniently as possible. The most recent was a flat tire a few months ago, which it did in my garage. When the water pump went out, it did it in my garage. When the fuel pump went out, it did so within about 50 feet of a repair shop, while I had two friends with me who could push it over there while I steered.
In 2004, I decided to go to an Eagles concert in Peoria, to see them and my beloved Joe Walsh, about a 16-hour round trip. My car had about half as many miles on it then. It was having some radiator issues, and I was a little nervous about driving so far with a car with so many miles on it, so before we left, I sat there talking with it and telling it how much I appreciate it, and that it would be great if we could get to Peoria and back safely.
I turned the key, and the Eagles song "In the City" was playing on the radio. One of the only two Eagles songs at that time with Walsh on lead vocals.
I spent the weekend in Peoria with friends who live there, got back, lost my mind and decided I had to see the Eagles again. Another friend and I jumped in my Cavalier and drove to Bismarck. This is a 28-hour round trip. I got home and almost instantly had to drive to Madison for my uncle's 80th birthday party. This is a six-hour round trip.
On the way back from Madison, we (my Cavalier and I) dodged a tornado, drove through a storm, and stopped at a gas station about an hour from home, and after I got back from the convenience store, I sat there in the car in the pouring rain and realized in all this chasing around, I hadn't thanked the car at all. So, I did. I patted the dashboard and expressed my gratitude and how wonderful it had been to do all this traveling with no problems whatsoever and what a great car it is.
I turned the key and "In the City" was playing on the radio.
I love my car
