The Wonder Years, Season 3

[Jack drives up to Arnold residence in a green sedan]

Narrator:
And so, we finally got our new car. It wasn't red, it wasn't a convertible... heck, it wasn't even a Mustang. But it was brand-new. And it was pretty cool.

[Neighbors crowd around the Arnold's new car admiring its features. Kevin sees that Jack has hired a tow truck to transport the old white station wagon]

Kevin:
What will happen to the old car?

Jack:
Not sure. Too old for resale. I will probably have it disassembled and sell it for parts.

Narrator:
Of course... Dad got his shot at king-for-a-day... and we were happy for him. But that afternoon, I began to understand what Dad had being going through.

[Flashbacks are shown of a younger Arnold family using the white station wagon for various activities]

Narrator:
There was more to that old car than fuel pumps and crankshafts. There was part of all of us in that car. The places we'd gone, the things we'd done... the family we had been. The family that was moving on. And for the first time... I understood the value of what my father had put into it. And why it was so hard to let it go.