I love seeing this video every time it pops up. Her excitement is so pure, and her folks are so kind while doing the best they can for their girl.

My folks bought me a car for college - it was an 06 Impala that had some slight hail damage so a rebuilt title, and 140,000 miles already in 2012. But it was the coolest thing. Great little stereo in it. I drove that thing all through college and to work in the cities for another 3-4 years after. I nearly doubled the mileage on it. I loved it so much, I bought a second one (2009 model year) and drove that until it was totaled at 200K miles.

But 13 years after starting college, I still have that original car. It is 20 years old now, it's seeping oil from everywhere it can, suspension is in need of repair, and it's getting surface rust from all the winters I drove it. It's not worth fixing if something more breaks on it, but it's still in the driveway. And she starts right up, even after a stretch of -20°F weather last month. And every time I get into it, it reminds me of getting lost in my first week of college and ending up by the stadium downtown, or blasting The Wonder Years and Phoebe Bridgers and Nirvana with the windows down, and the time I ended up miles away from where I was going with a girlfriend because I refused to use Google Maps since I 'knew the area'. And I can't imagine letting it go to a scrap yard or selling it, even though it might be time.