Everyday, the back parking lot is filled with a wide variety of cars in all sorts of colors, just like Northtown is filled with such a variety of ethnicities and character. A person’s car is just another way for them to express themselves.

Samantha Brown’s bright yellow 2001 Jeep Wrangler, “Betsy,” is one of a kind. With “V-Ballin” written across the windshield and eyelashes on the headlights, Betsy is hard to miss. She is even parked in the same spot almost every day.

“It’s easily accessible. I can get in and leave quickly,” Brown said. “If I don’t park there, no one should. That’s my spot.”

Betsy and Brown have been together for over a year now.

“I got her as a Sweet 16 birthday present,” said Brown.

After spending so much time together, Brown knows Betsy pretty well. She can even see the similarities between her and her car.

“We’re both loud. Literally. Betsy is very ‘out there’ persé. She’s also very unique,” stated Brown.

Anytime a person spends a large period of time with someone or something, they are bound to become attached to it. Brown’s Jeep is more than just a way to get to and from school.

“My jeep is my baby. It’s a symbol to me of my freedom and of the person that I am,” stated Brown.

Brown said that there is a lot to love about her car, but her favorite things about it are the ability to off road and being able to take the soft top off. One of Brown’s all time favorite memories in the year that she’s owned Betsy was a long those lines.

“It was the first night Sydney, Lauren, and I took the top off of my Jeep. It was like 30 degrees outside and we were driving around down town to go get ice cream,” Brown recalls with a laugh.

Whether it is the lows of engine trouble, or the high of late night drives with the top off, Betsy and Brown have been through it all. That one yellow jeep has become more than just a vehicle; it became a part of a person’s life, and also a part of that person herself.