My Car
I've been putting it off for about a year. My car needs the headlights replaced. The horn also quit working about a year ago. I called and got an estimate. They said headlights alone would be $140, that the horn might be a wiring issue and they didn't know what that would cost yet.
I drive a Chevy Malibu. It's about 10 yrs old, 100k miles or so. You have to take the whole front fender off to replace the headlights, so I can't do it myself. I'm not sure what else might need done to it either.
I told my mom the estimate they gave me this morning. She said the dumbest thing ever, that I shouldn't fix my car since it was so old and broken down, that I should just sell it and that I would be lucky to get $300 out of it. My mom must live on planet moron because it's a nice car with low miles. I looked up online and cars just like it were going for 4k to 6 k. Same year model and mileage.
But anyway I wasn't wanting to sell my car, just get it tuned up. But now I'm all stressed out thinking maybe I should sell my car. If I break up with stupid, then I will have that car. I'm attached to my car tho. She's a good old car who never gave me any trouble. I even named her Matilda. (I name everything)
Idk why my mom even said that. I can see her telling me to sell my car if she needs money, but if she thinks it's only worth $300? Doesn't make any sense.
I don't even plan to fix my car now. The baby kitty needs to go back to the vet and who knows how much that will cost. I spent a ton on the other car this summer because he drives it and doesn't take care of it. Now it doesn't look like I will have enough money to cover fixing my car because I had to spend fall bonus money on other things.
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I don't know your mother, but I know more than one person, myself included, who uses stupid comments to change the subject. I don't much love car talk, even though I have considerable experience working on them, so that is even a place I use that tactic. That considerable experience working on cars sure took allot of fun out of car talk. My favorite vehicles are rentals and/or professionally driven. Private ownership is a royal pain in the unmentionables.
Wow seriously? I never knew people did that. Blows my mind. I could never. I've always just thought my mom actually is really stupid, not that she says stupid things on purpose.
I see you driving a Subaru. Your Malibu is what people buy to make into sharp street cars so should be worth good cash. What about your Craft Show Sales for car repairs?
Yeah, guess you gotta make extra money, get the car fixed!
I have had alot of cars in my life and the only cars I ever drove that were reliable and lasted a long time were foreign made. I am currently on my 4th subaru impreza which has 179,000 miles on it and still runs great.
The only american vehicle that was comparable was a Dodge truck which I owned back in the late 80's and I put over 300,000 miles on it. I sold it to a guy who used it as a woods truck.
My next car will probably be a toyota or Nissan, not sure yet. I figure I am still about a year or two away from buying a replacement. I have lots of dents in my subaru though. I was hit in the left rear quarter panel, (not my fault) I just pulled the dent out so the wheel would turn and called it good. I have hit 3 deer with the front end which knocked off a few more parts. The fog lights don't work but I don't drive in the fog anyway. I do my own brake work and oil changes to save money. It has a little bit of rust on it but not alot for a 2005 and i't built like a timex watch....takes a lickin and keeps on tickin!
OK so I got carried away! Please forgive me
God Bless
Ya oughta try it, Ghost. It is amazingly effective and sometimes even brings a round of healthy laughter with the subject change. I call it, "Studied Ignorance." I'm not ignorant. I'm ignoring you by design.
Arfie I would never do anything to intentionally sound stupid. Also I don't have much sense of humor.