This is how I described the first we had in New Zealand:

WE HAVE AN OLD CAR,

BUT WE DON’T GO VERY FAR.

WHENEVER WE GO OUT OF TOWN,

WE DO IT WITH A FROWN.

THIS TIME IT’S THE GEARS,

THAT GIVE US LOTS OF FEARS.

I don’t think we had that old car very long, but it was still too long!