Sometimes it stinks to be a grown up. There are so many responsibilities now. I have a hoppin' 1998 Honda Civic EX with 132,000 miles on it. This car was my wife, Stephanie's, graduation present from High School. It has been a great car and has never let us down, until recently.It was a blistering hot day in July and I got into my little black beauty to go somewhere. When I started the car I turned the A/C up on high. The air was forcefully blowing out, but there was a problem. The air that was coming out was REALLY HOT! Now, I know that sometimes when a car has been sitting in the heat it takes a moment for the A/C to cool down. Fine. However, as I started driving, nothing changed. I was pretty mad...
Then not too long ago I was driving and the car started to show signs that the transmission wasn't doing so well. Do I know for a fact that it is the transmission? No, but I do know that out of no where the car would jump up in RPMs and go "VROOM". This happened for no apparent reason. So, either I have a problem with the transmission, or the pistons, or other thinga-ma-bobs.
So, here I sit. It will cost around $1,000 to fix the A/C and who knows how much for the transmission. The question I am sitting with right now is, "Do I pay the money to get the car fixed?" or "Do I sell the car, get the money I can out of it, and then save up for another used vehicle?" The answer is, "I don't know."
We strive to live a modest life, but we already have one car payment and a mortgage payment, and we really do not like to have debt. Therefore, it appears that I will drive my black beauty until she won't dance any longer.
If any of you out in Cyberspace have a car that is reliable and has A/C and would be willing to sell it for CHEAP, then let me know...
It is funny. When I was a kid my fantasy car was a Lamborghini, but now my fantasy car is a car with A/C... My how age and circumstance changes us. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
3 comments:
when you start sheling out as much money evey month to fix the beauty as you would making a car payment, you might as well have a better car.
My fantasy car is a 2007 convertible corvette. A good friend of ours let us use hers for my birthday recently. She was in Europe and also let us stay in her 19th floor condo in the Galleria area with an awesome view of downtown Houston. A 'vette and a high-rise condo--that has lust written all over it!!! But I'm very happy to 'settle' for our '98 Expedition with 130,000 miles on it and our early 2000 Escort with the completely busted windshield (thanks, Benjamin. I know you were just trying to sharpen your hoop skills).
Anyway, some of my best memories are of when Freddy and I just had 1 car. There was something safe...something special...about that time in our lives. One of us would drop off/pick up the other one. I don't know. It's hard to explain, but it made me love him even more...
I started to have A/C problems too recently. I'm hoping I can make it until the end of October when it cools off so I have time to save money to get it fixed. Somedays I have A/C, somedays I get alot of squeeling. If we are ever out in Brenham we'll stop by--Dirk
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