{"id":6657,"date":"2025-05-19T02:53:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T01:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2025-05-19T02:54:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T01:54:23","slug":"coche-nuevo-vida-nueva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/coche-nuevo-vida-nueva\/","title":{"rendered":"New car, new life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago, our beloved C4 Picasso decided it was finally time to retire. Eva and I were in Galway with some friends, leaving the city centre towards the Dublin road, when the car kindly let us know (in its particular way, by beeping and flashing lights) that it had no intention of making the way back on its own wheels. So we had to switch to plan B and find an alternative way to get home (which by the way was a success, thanks to the tow truck operator arriving quite quickly, the train station being only a 15-minute walk away, Irish Rail\u00b4s regular Galway-Heuston service, and Fredi and Muriel, who came to pick us up in their two cars).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u00b4s a picture of our Picasso on the street where we had to pull over and call a tow truck. I got this weird feeling that the car was saying goodbye to me...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A long time ago, I heard or read somewhere that, symbolically, a car represents our own life and the path that we choose to walk along. It is true that, in the last year or so, there have been many changes in my life, and all this time I\u00b4ve been thinking about maybe changing to a newer car, but I never taking the step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, finally, the moment has come:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let me introduce you to our newest acquisition: another Citro\u00ebn, this time a C5 Aircross. I\u00b4ve been driving it for three days, and I love it! I\u00b4m getting used to it very quickly, it\u00b4s such a smooth drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As they said in that old song, to everything there is a season<\/em> (by the way, I just found out that the lyrics come from a Bible passage, the beginning of the book of Ecclesiastes). Sometimes, we\u00b4re so embedded in our habits and routines that we find it hard to acknowledge something has already ran its course, and it\u00b4s time to let it go, so that you can continue to make progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks a million, dear Picasso, for the 12+ years we spent together. The memories (and a handful of photos) will stay with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S.- If you\u00b4re also going through a transition phase, and could do with a few words of encouragement or a reminder of what\u00b4s important, I invite you to have a look at the very first post on this blog, which by the way was written exactly four years ago: This is your life<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hace un par de semanas, nuestro querido C4 Picasso decidi\u00f3 que ya era hora de jubilarse. Est\u00e1bamos Eva y yo en Galway con unos amigos, saliendo ya del centro para volver a Dubl\u00edn, cuando el coche nos avis\u00f3 amablemente (a su manera, dando pitidos y encendiendo luces) de que no ten\u00eda intenci\u00f3n de hacer el … Continue reading New car, new life?<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":6661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Coche nuevo, \u00bfvida nueva? \/ New car, new life?","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Gracias a lo viejo, bienvenido lo nuevo \/ Thanks to the old, welcome the new","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[96,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diario-journal","category-general","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-1Jn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8931,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/04\/06\/ensanchando-la-vida\/","url_meta":{"origin":6657,"position":0},"title":"Making life wider","author":"binarybea","date":"06\/04\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a1Feliz Pascua de Resurrecci\u00f3n a todos los que la celebr\u00e9is! 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