2002 Buick Century for Momma

      If you have been keeping up with my parade of cars through the years,..you are aware we sold the 1997 Plymouth Breeze (above) for considerably more than what the local Dodge/Plymouth dealer was willing to allow me on a trade-in.  Armed with cash-in-hand, we went looking for a new ride for my wife. She went through car websites and reviews, and decided on a Buick Century because of its great dependability and reputation.

  
   We traveled to McKinney and visited Lone Star Buick/GMC  there, and were treated like royalty. We had a couple of cars in the fawn/beige color in the past and Momma decided she wanted a Century in that color. The green of the Breeze was definitely hard to keep clean. She test drove this one and really fell in love with it. I forget the salesman's last name but his first name was Ron, so I thought it might be a good omen. It was a rainy day and they delivered the car to her under the carport so she wouldn't get wet. I was following her home in my Silverado pick-up and she pulled over to the side of the road less than a mile away from the dealership. I jumped out of the truck and ran up to the Century as she was putting down the window. She did not know how to turn on the windshield-wipers and almost panicked.

 
   One of the features she asked about when we first got to the dealership was the coffee cup holder. She was adamant about that cup holder until the salesman assured her it was right where it was suppose to be. Please forgive her Sponge-Bob key chain! I must be missing something as I can't understand the excitement over this individual.

 
     The Buick Century was also a super car to clean and that silver-gray paint never showed any streaking or spotting. A good friend of ours is the local Constable and when I was telling him about Momma's new car he made the comment, 'Buicks are for old gray-haired ladies.' Momma was quick to put him straight on that topic (she still talks to him). In 2005 we made a trip to visit friends in Tucson, Arizona and the temperature going across the desert was 120 degrees, but the Century's air-conditioner kept us extremely comfortable, almost chilled. The V-6 engine performed without a problem and the car went through only three sets of tires in all the time we had it.
    The Century gave us about five years of good dependable service and the only reason we finally traded it off was some hail dents to the car while we were at the movies one night, and a good deal on the next car... That one coming up in a future story.