I’m now the FORMER owner of a 1969 Ford Mustang Grande; she left New York for Ohio yesterday with her new owners on a U-Haul trailer.

It was sad to see her go, I had her for almost 5 years — almost as long as I’ve lived in the United States. I took her for one last spin around Long Island City in Queens; I’m gonna miss the sound of the dual glasspack exhaust.

[sniff]

Still, it was the right thing to do, and the new owners seem like they’ll take good care of her; they have another ’69 Mustang that’s all rusted out to use as a parts car.

On the plus side, I’ll never have to go to Roosevelt Island again, I’ll save the $160 monthly garage fee, and I got a pretty good price for her too: $6,400.