Duane gets serious about his Lenten discipline

My buddy Duane went out day before yesterday and (at Desiree's urging, I hasten to make clear) traded his old (by his standards, of course, not mine) Honda Prelude for a very nice little BMW convertible. So yesterday morning the two of us have just pulled into the BG parking lot, and, what with its being Ash Wednesday and all, we're discussing Lent. I get out of the car and close my door and ask, "So are you giving up anything for Lent?"

Duane closes his own door, rather more gently and tenderly than I just closed the one on my side. Then he answers cheerfully, "Sure -- my old car."