Just circling back to this as I thought of it… : )
I don’t know if I would say it is a right of passage but often times a family gives or buys a car for their kid at some point – so if a family buys a car for them it can be instructive to make them part of the process. And in helping them get something that they can have ownership of they *hopefully* take better care of it ect.

Roll up hill is my own term. : ) Rolling down hill is easy but rolling up hill you need an engine that works! The idea being that you may not like the style of the car or color but if it rolls up hill it is doing the intended job – getting you somewhere. : )

The Lincoln black label program is where they pick up your car for oil changes and such and leave you a loaner. That was how we ended up with the 2nd one. But love the program since there’s no wasting time getting oil changes and maintenance at dealer.

@Calee- ooh, interesting. Lincoln was really not on my radar as a brand.

@Kamala – thank you! I hope to keep sharing them as I’m writing them. Some are definitely more worth sharing than others…

@Lori C- thank you! I appreciate it 😉

@Shelley- I haven’t heard the phrase “roll up the hill” car before…I didn’t wind up buying my first car until I was 32 so I guess I hadn’t considered this as a young adult rite of passage (a lot of urban living…)