Acquiring My 1997 Toyota Camry — cf. Ford-Kavanaugh

I am going to have to replace my car soon because the frame is "rotted" according to the mechanic at the service station down the street. My memory is clear that I accompanied my mother to the dealership in the summer of 1997, and she bought a 1997 Toyota Camry. A few months later, she got into an accident and decided to stop driving and gave the car to me. In preparation for disposing of it, I've reviewed the paperwork from the purchase and am surprised at what it shows.

My mother was not the purchaser of the car. I was, on July 2, 1997, and I traded in my 1984 Nissan toward the purchase. There was also a down payment (which my mother may have supplied) and I took out a car loan to cover the rest of the price. So, contrary to my clear memory, the car was never hers. The car in which she had the accident must have been a different one, which she disposed of when she gave up driving. I have no idea when my memory of the events became confused, because I con't recall ever thinking that the events were different from how I remembered them.

Some people probably have better memories than I do, but it is well known that eyewitnesses to an event usually differ on details, and over time memories can become confused. I offer this account not only to tell a story on myself but also to point out that some of the people involved in the party which Dr. Blasey-Ford tells about may be misremembering things. She may be mistaken. He may be. Others may be. They all may be, in different ways.