Your story is sweet and reminds me of my own daughter when I sold the green 3.0 '04 (to the next door neighbors). She was 6 when I sold it. The 'green one' was the car I'd brought her home at a few days old and under 4.5lbs. It was green with an easy to work around black interior. The 'new' 2004 was bright blue and daddy was newly concerned with dirty feet on very light interior leather. It was louder.

Even many of my friends (not car people) were having trouble adjusting. "It's just soooo... BLUE!"

But I've relaxed on the interior over 5 years. She does the best she can even though I think the back seat is filthy. We've traversed the US a couple times and seen both oceans more than that. She's slept in the V8 more soundly (and likely more often) than she did in the 3.0.

She loves the heated rear seats.

And so while we both watch the neighbor's son wheel away in the 'old' one- for different reasons- I think she's gotten past the worry. My friends, too have come around.

But this kind of thing is exactly why we're not moving any time soon!

__________________