We're the kind of folk that drive our cars into the ground and all the while park in the boondocks, to keep them looking as ding-free as possible. We say we need our exercise and that's why we park so far out, but at heart we know the truth. We're overprotective.

A couple of years ago we got a new little car and it gets parked even further out than our nearly 10 year old van.

As technology has advanced with satellite radio and gps navigation becoming built-in possibilities, we were able to put a navi system into the newer little car, but neither the radio nor navigation system could be easily retrofitted into the old van, so we jury-rigged them into place, and thus this picture!

Note the very elegant waistband elastic holding the gps in place!