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After dragging their feet for 3 months, the state of California finally issued me a salvage title for my car.  And as of an hour ago when I signed over that title to the salvage yard, “my10AE4216″ is now just a Mazda Miata 10th Anniversary Edition, #4216.  Nobody ever understood how much that car meant to me or why it did mean so much to me.  It was a part of me.  I bought it brand new, and I sincerely believed I would own that car forever.  I believed that my10AE4216 would live forever.  It carried me from Atlanta to Salt Lake City, San Francisco, New York City, and completely across the country from California to Maine and back again 7 times.  That car was more dependable, exciting, trustworthy, and passionate than nearly any human being I have ever met.  Indeed, it was a dynamic love affair I had with my10AE4216.  It absolutely broke my heart to have to finally say goodbye today.  The thought of never driving her again, never again blasting the 200-watt BOSE sound system at maximum volume and singing at the top of my lungs while feeling the intense bass vibrating all through my body.  She never let me down.  Never disappointed me.  It may just be the best relationship I’ve ever been involved in.  It was an honor.  I already, and will continue, to miss my10AE4216 terribly.  There are some songs that when I hear them, I just can’t help being instantly drawn into a sort of time warp—time passes in slow motion—while I let my memories envelop me with the sensation of being in an amphitheater on wheels, exceeding 100 mph with the speeding pavement a mere 6 inches from my ass.  God I loved that car.  Always will.  Thank you for 9 years of companionship, entertainment, comfort, excitement, and of course, transportation.  I will keep your badge forever.

My 1999 Mazda Miata 10th Anniversary Edition #4216 – Bought: 9/25/99

And because of that asshole in the beat-up old pick-up truck, Totaled: 11/22/08

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