Third Generation Family
Car Eager to Help
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or most of us a car isn’t just a car – it is a
cherished family member, responsible for
transporting our most precious; our kids,
parents and even pets.
These days, many of us change cars at an
increasingly steady rate, and most cars get to live
with many different families throughout its lifetime,
but not this one.
The Quinn family have owned their 1996
Ford Fiesta for three generations with Daniel’s
grandmother buying it brand new 21-years-ago.
At the time, she just needed a new car after the
old one had been damaged by hail, but it soon
became a permanent fixture in the family.
For Daniel, the feisty Fiesta has been there most
of his life, taking him safely to kinder, school and
now work and University where he is studying a
double degree in economics and finance.
“When my mum lived at home with my
grandmother, studying for her PhD, she started
using the car,” Daniel explains. Eventually, it
became his turn to get behind the wheel of this
family heirloom, and it did not disappoint!
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“I bought the car (from my mother) about a year
ago, to get to and from my job at a winery in the
Barossa Valley. I have absolutely adored that car,
it is so trustworthy and reliable,” says Daniel, who
is convinced the car is so good “it could survive a
nuclear bomb.”
It is no small feat to stay loyal to a family for so
many years and although the Fiesta has never
let any of the Quinn’s down, it is time for it to go
to and help a new family. Daniel found out about
Kids Under Cover through a friend who found
themselves without a stable and secure place to
call home.
When realising the Fiesta could help young
people at risk of homelessness, he was quick to
make the decision to donate the Fiesta to Kids
Under Cover’s Donate Your Car® Program. “I
didn’t pay a lot for the car and it has been so
good to me so I don’t need anything else from
it and really just want to pay it forward,” Daniel
concludes with a big smile.
Contact us on [email protected] or
call 1800 801 633 if you would like to donate
your vehicle and make a difference.
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