Jumping off point

Ruth-a faithful care of 8 years and 1 month and 16 days with
194,002 miles. She was put to rest at Pick & Pull on August 1
2003. Her demise was unfortunate, but expected. Her final trip
was to Livermore, California and final glorious victory was
storming up Altamont Pass at 70 MPH despite a screaming
transmission that said defiantly "I hate 5th gear, I love
neutral (as said by Jon Lovitz). The rest of the trip it was
held in 5th gear despite its screaming and resistance. It still
made it back to Citrus Heights where it was parked. Than it was
moved to a different parking lot to avoid being towed where the
tires were promptly slashed and it was, well, towed away. So
with a failing transmission and in need of 4 new tires, and
having to pay for towing, and not wanting to have to pay for it
again to take it to a tire place, buy 4 new ones, and replace
the trany on a car whose blue book value was $215, it was with
much grief and agony that Ruth was signed over to the vehicle
graveyard, but being a good and responsible carizen, donated its
usable parts, too many of which I can list. And worst of all
was not able to go through a more spectacular death by being hit
with a sledgehammer to raise money for the youth ministry. But
to compensate, Ruth was kicked in the fender and jumped on for
the fun on it to see what one, Tim, could do for the fun and
curiosity on it. His response was one of surprise wondering how
in the world he did not dent the car in his time as driver when
it was sooooo easy. Ruth is survived by her much younger sister
Alice. Ruth will be remembered for her dedicated, consistent
service and her overall ecomony. In her time with Tim she
covered 134,590 miles and 16 states.

The Carnary,
Tim Spain