on Mon 16th Apr, 2007 02:48 pm PDT Saxtor said: A great eulogy for a great car! It should also be noted that the fourth BdW post was about the car. God speed old girl! ************************ on Mon 16th Apr, 2007 03:27 pm PDT Andrew said: I spent more than a few hours in that car, and I must say, each was an adventure in it's own right. She shall be missed. ************************ on Mon 16th Apr, 2007 04:20 pm PDT Nesbitt said: Sad. RIP. ************************ on Mon 16th Apr, 2007 08:08 pm PDT Doubting Mom said: In all honesty I admit that at 250,000 miles with white smoke billowing out her tail pipe I was a non-believer. Marilyn, you have proven that trust alone can make a car go. Wren believed in you to the end. ************************ on Mon 16th Apr, 2007 08:24 pm PDT Jule said: I would like to advise the members of KUOW not to take any part of the car involved in steering. Marylin, I love you, but talk about a speed shudder! You couldn't look out the rearview mirror, and that wasn't cause she was missing one! It is good to know she has gone to a better place. RIP ************************ on Mon 16th Apr, 2007 08:27 pm PDT Jule said: whoa! new background for the title of BdW? what gives? ************************ on Mon 16th Apr, 2007 08:27 pm PDT Jule said: whoa! it changes all the time! ************************ on Mon 16th Apr, 2007 08:53 pm PDT Saxtor said: Also, since Wren likes statistics, lets take a look at Marilyn's sordid, dirty past.
If Marilyn averaged 30mpg (research shows 27/33mpg city/hwy) she slurped down 10,327 gallons of sweet Middle Eastern nectar in her lifetime. That's a whopping 56800 pounds of carbon she pumped into the ol' atmosphere!
This sounds like a lot, but here is where it shows that Marilyn was an extraordinary car, and Wren an extraordinary car-owner. According to EPA statistics, the average car pumps out 11,681 pounds of carbon per year (at a conservative 12,000mi/year @ 21.1mpg) which means it would take the average driver less than 5 years to generate as much carbon as team Marilyn/Wren. ************************ on Mon 16th Apr, 2007 08:59 pm PDT Saxtor said: (although, much like our parents used to drink soda with real sugar vs. today's high fructose corn syrup, Marilyn likely drank mostly North American oil in her early days) ************************ on Tue 17th Apr, 2007 11:37 am PDT Sean said: I gave Marilyn sugar once. Only the best for Marilyn! None of that high fructose corn syrup garbage. ************************ on Wed 18th Apr, 2007 07:05 am PDT Nesbitt said: By the way Wren, Honda is still kicking. ************************ on Wed 18th Apr, 2007 09:47 am PDT Wren said: I was thinking of Honda when I wrote this. I remember the jump starts they shared back in the good old Bates' days. ************************ on Wed 18th Apr, 2007 02:56 pm PDT Deanna said: Marilyn, there is a huge void in my heart(and behind my house) We will miss ya! ************************ on Thu 19th Apr, 2007 08:54 pm PDT Siri said: I think Elton John said it best in the song "Candle in the Wind":"Goodbye Norma Jean,Though I never knew you at all.You had the grace to hold yourselfWhile those around you crawled. . .And it seems to me you lived your lifeLike a candle in the wind,Never knowing who to cling toWhen the rain set in.And I would have liked to have known youBut I was just a kid.Your candle burned out long before,Your legend never did."Get it? It's a Marilyn Monroe reference. RDRR. ************************ on Fri 20th Apr, 2007 07:26 am PDT me said: where will the random drunk guy crash now that she's gone? ************************ on Wed 13th Jun, 2007 07:43 pm PDT Auntie Rose said: Wren'Thanks for taking such loving care of Marilyn. She was so good to me and to you as well.I have never had such a fun time in a car as I did with Marilyn. She was always ready for any adventure, thats why I knew the two of you would be a perfect match. DOn't evben be thinking that you are getting my HYbred TOyota Hylander any time soon however >Love Ya like family, oh thats right you are family. :) ************************
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