Snowball and I have been together for the past four and a half years. She is a great van- white with gray interior and reliable, as most soccer-mom vehicles are. But most importantly, I look really hot riding around in my 2003 Chrysler Town and Country. Wait, no...sorry, my mistake.
I'd like to know, does anyone actually look hot in a mini-van? Probably not. In fact, most owners of these economically advantageous automobiles don't care how they look. They care about their kids on the back bench seat and whether or not they can make it to the drive through bank before it closes and they're forced to go inside and make a deposit with their housecoat on and their hair in rollers.
So what's the harm in not caring how hot or not I look in my chariot? Truth be known, I don't care because I don't have an option to care. I am bound to the life of a mini-van owner because choices are limited when it comes to wheelchair friendly vehicles. That is until now...
The Toyota FJ Cruiser offers wheelchair girls, such as myself, the opportunity to attain a certain vehicular status that has never been achieved before. Prior to their existence, I have been banished to a passenger's life of looking like every other forty-something mom on the road. But no more. With it's suicide doors and wheelchair lift capabilities, I can now embark upon a journey down the road towards an SUV utopia.
When that journey will begin is unknown at this time, but the dream is alive- a dream filled with 4-wheel drives and traction control systems, steel plated dashboards and aluminum alloy wheels. That's how I want to roll...
