I bought my first car when I was nineteen and going to junior college. It was a two years old 1965 GTO with 11,000 miles on it. I frequently drove it 150 mph on a six mile straight stretch at night. My current and hopefully last car is a 2014 Jeep Cherokee. I bought it new and it now has over 90,000 miles on it.

            In between we have had a Cutlass, Olds Regency, Cadillac, Kia, two Town Cars, two vans, a Chevy C10 pick-up, and Jeep Cherokee. We gave the pick-up to a relative and a town car to a friend. The rest were sold or traded. The Regency Olds, Cutlass, Pick-Up, Gray Van, and Jeep were bought new. The others came from dealerships with 6,000 to 21,000 miles on them. None were more than two years old.

            I have driven over 1,015,000 miles mostly in cars that I fell into and climbed out of. At the time, it didn‘t occur to me I was doing that because I was much younger. The pick-up, both vans, the Kia, and the Cherokee are different. When I got in I stepped up and either stepped down or slid down to get out. The later makes getting in and especially out of much easier. Hence, the FICO (fall in/climb out), and the CUFO, (climb up/fall out). As the knees and hips get older along with the rest of the body CUFO is much better for the body.

            I see a lot of seniors driving FICO cars but they are usually much shorter than I am and perhaps with better bodies. If I ever buy another vehicle it will be another CUFO.