Bradley’s 2007 Dodge Caliber

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The time had come for me to let my car go, so I decided to donate it to WNPR in Meriden, CT.

I ordered my Dodge in 2006 and picked it up in January of 2007. It served me for 15 years (137k miles). This was the first car that I owned that I could control the radio from the steering wheel. When the car was new and the granddaughters were 5 and 6 years old, I would let them think that they could control the stations and the volume on my “magic radio” by yelling at it from the back seat. “Radio, change station!”. “Radio, louder!”. They could not see me controlling the radio from the steering wheel. It would always work for them, but when I tried yelling at it, the radio “didn’t listen” to me. I would pretend to be upset that it was my car, but it would only listen to them. The girls really got a kick out of this! Anyway, the time had come for me to let my car go, so I decided to donate it to WNPR in Meriden, CT. As I watched my Dodge being taken away, I felt a little like “Al Bundy” when he held a funeral for his Dodge (actually was a Plymouth). Goodbye ol’ buddy! (sniff).

Thank You, Bradley!

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