A Really Easy Way to Know You Need a New Car
...your mechanic tells you.
Yeah, the crap-ass 1999 Purple Amethyst Dodge Neon went into the shop again. This time the wipers went out, as well as the brake lights (safe, uh huh) and that doesn't include the Service Engine Soon (SES) light that seems to be permanently on.
$340 dollars later we have a car with working wipers and brake lights, as well as a suggestion from Leo, our mechanic, that we consider a new car in the spring. If it counts for anything, he DID say it doesn't have to be a NEW car. Leo has approved us for a used one if that fits our budget. Ha ha.
The SES light is still on because we have a compression problem in the engine...Leo, bless his heart, was kind enough to suggest that we not spend the $1200 it would take to resolve the problem because it's more than the car is worth.
I keep telling myself that it really took eight years before we had ANY problems with our crap-ass neon. I keep telling myself that counts for something.
Ugh, I hate cars. With a passion.
posted by Sacha @ 9:32 PM
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Ugh! I hate cars, too! We were recently sighing with relief when we had to take our new car in because we had bought the extra warranty. Ahhh...we won't have to pay a dime, we thought. Until we found out that rats were living in our engine and chewed the wires that made the check engine light come on. THAT was not covered under the super duper warranty. go figure!
RATS!!! That's terrible.
Our car didn't pass the emissions test and we will have to buy a new one by Friday. We're trying to decide between taking on more debt or buying something cheap and not pretty to get us through until we can afford something we really want.
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