Fa la la la la...la la la ....car problems
I don't know what it is. It could be me. It could be luck, fate, or just a case of "shit happens" but it seems that every winter, when I'm either trying to buy Christmas gifts, or recovering from buying them, that my car causes my wallet to send me pondering whether I should get a part time job. The good news is that I just got a raise at work for good performance. The bad news is that I have a family, that is rapidly growing, to buy gifts for come Christmas.Saturday morning I walked out side to find my car with one flat tire. Now I've had John patch 2 of my tires already. And the last two times I've brought my car in for general stuff (oil change, inspection, etc.) he's told me that I really need to get new tired. I had planned to get them at some point this month. I knew it needed to be done and I didn't want to head out in to winter with bald tires for Christ sake. So on Saturday Eric and I drove my poor, sad car to the Sears Auto center and had them put on 4 brand spankin new tires. (Mid-grade $70.00/each). I just spent $350 on my car and I still have to buy Christmas gifts. Thank goodness I have a few babysitting jobs this month to save me!
I think since the end of 2005 I've spent about $2000.00 on my car. I have $3000.00 left to pay off. I'd like to get rid of it. It seems time.
posted by Jessiedc28 @ 11:58 AM
5 Comments:
Same thing happened to us- a nice brake job right before the holidays is great!
~jz
I think so too! Its about time you got yourself a nice brand new car, but do you want a brand new car payment?
JZ - I just did breaks about 3 months ago! SUCKS!
KC - No, I don't want a new car payment. I've tried talking E in to letting me have his RSX, since he already paid it off, but he keeps mumbling to me something about just because he paid it off....doesn't mean it's "free" for me. Huh....jerk.
I think you need a new car, too! Just tell E that I'm getting one, so you should have one!
Well, kiddies, I have not had a brand spankin new car payment since 1991, to which I had that car for 14, YES COUNT THEM, 14 YEARS. And this car, a Pontiac Grand Am, did not break my bank in repairs. The car hardly ever needed any, just a few maintenance stuff here and there, oil changes. I just retired *Percy* or so I thought. He's being fixed up and sold. I put over 150,000 miles on her, and she was still going strong. Just rusting all to hell. SO I replaced her with Henrietta, a used car this time. Nope. Don't want any car payments yet. Not ready.
Oh, the "new" car is a 1997 Pontiac Sunfire by the name of Henrietta. Whenever I go on vacation, I RENT whatever I want. Just to save on the miles.
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