Has this happened to anyone else? I seem to be unnaturally

I understand. Yes, I too get overly attached to inanimate objects like my car.

My sister was (is?) extremely attached to her previous car. She has a large picture of it on her living room wall (next to the photo of her kids), and when she sold it a couple of years ago, she was sick for a week. She's a very level headed woman, but not when it came to that car.

The Liberty Mutual commercial comes to mind I never thought about whether I feel sentimentally connected to my car. We have 2 and it alternates which one I drive. I think I'm more sentimental with the experiences of driving in general.

Completely understand.

My 2010 Chevy HHR had a problem with the engine that did not affect how it drove. A cylinder would occasionally misfire. Unfortunately, that would be recorded by the car's computer and the check engine light would come on. In NJ, a car cannot pass inspection with that light on. The only way to fix it was to replace the whole engine which makes no financial sense on an almost 8 year old car. I drive my cars until the bitter end. I was hoping to get many more years out of it. I felt like the car was only about 1/2 way through it's "life." Plus it was an HHR, they are such cute cars. Dh and I liked that car so much that we had 2 of them!

One would think that I would have been excited about getting a new car. My friends did not understand why I was not excited about getting a new one. I wanted MY car! I wasn't ready to part with it yet.

SO, then I get a new to me car (bought a 2014). It takes a while, but I start to really like it. But then I get a call from the dealer that there's a problem with the title as it had been a diplomat's car and had an international diplomatic title. They said I needed to take my new car back to them and either get my money back or take another car from the lot. Well, now I am attached to THIS car. I don't want another one. In particular, I had driven the other models of this car on their lot and I only liked this exact one. I didn't like the higher end 2016 I drove. I didn't want my money back. I wanted this car! LOL. I posted about it here at one point. This was back in September. To make a complicated story short, in the end, I got my own way and I kept the car. Still waiting on the official title though.

I am still driving my 1998 Buick Century, even with a 2017 Hyundai Tucson sitting in the garage. I feel your pain.

I am actually very happy to see this thread.  I thought I was the only one....

I purchased my last car in 2002 and loved it (Chevy Blazer). Plus it had a lot of memories tied to it, my dad helped me pick it out (he is now gone).  I took dozens and dozens of trips with my dog in it (also now gone) and that car never gave me a day's trouble.

However, it was 15 years old and starting to need a lot of replacements and work - which was going to cost 3 - 4 times more than the car was worth. I decided it was time because I didn't want to put that much money into a 15 year old car when I could use the money instead for a down payment.

The day before I traded it in, I gave it such a good cleaning inside and out and it looked so good, I wanted to give her one last pampering.  I cried on the way to the dealership because I didn't want to let her go - I felt so silly but I was just so attached to that car. (I'm even getting teary eyed writing this - how crazy is that?). I know it is just an object - it doesn't have emotions but I felt like I was betraying it - stupid I know - this sound so dumb.

I do like my new car a lot - especially all the fancy new features that my old car didn't have but I still (7 months later) miss my old car.  I have had other cars before and traded them in happily with the excitement of a new car but I never had a car 15 years before and never felt so attached to one before - I mean I had it in my late 30s, all of my 40s and my early 50s so a long time and a lot of happy memories tied to it.  Perhaps that was why.

So I totally get where you are coming from scrappinghappy

I cried when I traded in my 2003 Impala. I'd owned it 10 years and driven it over 250,000 miles. My son went from infant carrier to football player in that car. So many family vacations. It was supposed to be my daughters first car, I couldn't part with it. Our English bulldog that we lost in 2013 rode in the backseat (velour cloth) and every now and then my son would find one of her furs.

I loved that car. The day I traded it, I went in to sign the paperwork from my brand new car, was handed the keys and walked outside. It had a big ugly tag on the car that said "Auction." It broke my heart.

Enjoy your new car, but know that many of us understand your attachment to a car that holds so many memories.

I felt the same way about my 2003 MDX! I was almost embarrassed by my emotion after hearing it was totaled. I gave that car to my DD when she turned 16 two years ago and I got a new car. I was really happy about the new car and happy my dd was going to drive my old car.
When I got the call, I felt an immediate sadness to never see that car again. It gave me THIRTEEN great years! That was longer than my first marriage lasted! I sang a lot of songs, cried a lot of tears, helped me move out of my marriage, helped me haul kids, and so many other things in that car!
It even took me all over the eastern half of this country with my dd sitting in various carseats and boosters in the back with our dog faithfully by her side. She learned to drive in that car!
I hardly ever had to have repairs other than normal maintenance.
Needless to say, that car was faithful and good to me and my little family. It was sad to see her go! I understand the emotional connection!

This is me. I think I will actually cry when I need/have to lose my 2006 MINI. I love her so much.

that's me and my jeep.. 1994 jeep cherokee country 4.0 straight 6 cylinder 4x4, it has 312,+++ miles on it.. LOVE my jeep. however it's off insurance currently and not being driven, I just needs too much work so for now it's parked. I've had it since 2002 when my late husband bought it for me, which may lend to some of it too, he died in 2003 so some of it IS that,but tbh this jeep has only tore up about 4 times in the whole time I've had it--the repairs it needs now are normal wear an tear, still isn't torn up but components of the front suspension are simply worn out(they are original parts after all)..

I'm not the only one who doesn't want to get rid of it. at least 2 of my 3 kids don't want it to go anywhere either(the other just doesn't really care), and the 19yr old flat out states it is NOT going anywhere,he was 3 when we got it so he doesn't remember life without this jeep in it. so it stays. even if the repairs cost more than it is technically booked valued at, to US it's worth it, it's been SOO dependable and SO trustworthy that I can't get rid of it because WE wore replaceable parts on it out.*shrug* the 19yr old is the one who is slowly fixing it

i have liked all my cars but one.  it's always sad to see them go especially since we never keep them long enough to get tired of them.  5-6 years on average.  

I sold my car in november to a guy that works at my work and I thought to myself 'well at least I can visit it in the parking lot'...

I get very attached to my cars too  

Dh usually has to really talk me into giving one up for the next. I also put out really strict requirements for my next car, possibly hoping that will delay the switch some

My last switch was from my Sebring to the 4Runner. I now love my 4Runner, but missed my Sebring for almost that entire first year. Before the Sebring I had a Grand Am that I loved. Dh told me we could give my Grand Am to ds, so of course I didn't want to say no to that   I think he is also finding ways around my delays!

I'm sorry about your fender bender and loss of your car