Three Legged, One Eyed Mule

Okay, I admit that I don’t nor have I ever owned a mule, but I’ve worked this car like it is one. If anyone at Saturn would like to “donate” some money to the Devil Queen, I’d more than happy to do some advertising for you. Buy a Saturn, they are nearly indestructible! Or, the 1996 model was at anyrate.

I know it’s un-American to not trade up or buy a new car every few years, but, if all cars were this tough, we wouldn’t have to. Actually, a lot of cars are probably tougher than most folks realize, it’s just that they don’t keep them around long enough after the “new” wears off to find out.

Now, there is no substitute for a good truck or van when it comes to working on a home. However, since we still don’t own one of our own, we’ve had to make do with the Saturn. Some interesting facts that you may not know about this car:

1) If you configure the seat correctly (back seat down, no passenger in the front seat), you can fit over twenty, ten-foot-long pieces of PVC pipe into the car.
2) You can haul enough tile in it to do a shower, 16 square feet of flooring, a kitchen counter top, and a hot tub surround. This includes the mortar et cetera. Of course the tires look like they're going to explode, but they didn't!
3) A 16 foot long articulating ladder will fit into the back seat if you aren’t picky about snagging some of the cloth seats (Ooops).
4) Paint is surprisingly easy to clean off the dashboard.

And, since it’s still running (under protest), I haven’t had to divert several thousand dollars for a new car from the Devil Queen – yet. I should take bets on how much longer its going to make it. Hell, I didn’t think that it would ever make it this far, so I have not idea how much longer it has. Another 25,000 miles would be nice.