It went very quickly. In just a few hours, really. One email to faculty/staff at AMBS and a mention in the GC Communicator and we had more than 10 inquiries in less than four hours. My immediate thought was that we should have asked for more, but we got enough, and it’s gone to a good home. We delivered the car to the new owner; Andrea drove it as I followed in another vehicle. The whole time I fully expected some sort of accident to happen. Like another driver’s two second distraction, that would in one fell swoop turn this desirable hunk of metal into a very undesirable hunk of metal and completely nullify the arrangement I had carefully planned whereby its sale would cover the cost of two new bicycles upon our arrival in England. And not just any bicycles, but Brompton folding bicycles, from one of the most endearing English bicycle brands of the last 30 years! Thankfully, no such accidents occurred, and we successfully banked the money from the sale about 24 hours after sending out the first advertisement.
With all the planning and decision making related to the move that we’ve done to this point, it’s really been the sale of the car that has started to make make the reality of the move sink in. Any occasion where we would have previously used the car now becomes a reminder of what is to come. And while at times daunting and frustrating, it’s more often exciting, igniting my imagination about what life will be like in England.
Goodbye car.
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