| bad luck comes in threes...especially with my car. |
[Sep. 11th, 2009|03:19 pm] |
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So the other week I got a flat. Understandable because my tires were bald. That's #1.
Turns out the uneven wear was being caused by a loose ball joint, and the place where I took the car to get new tires wouldn't put them on unless I got that fixed first. I couldn't afford both so I gave them $165 to put the ball joint in. Waited several hours including at least half an hour of watching the mechanic responsible for my car flirt with the fat receptionist chick. I am jack's lack of amusement, esp when they handed the keys back and said the passenger side one needed to be replaced too, for another $150. Couldn't afford it so I put it off.
Today was payday. I made an appt to get new tires with a different tire shop, and also took the car to a DIFFERENT mechanic (I wasn't about to give the first guys any more of my money) to get the second ball joint replaced. I knew I'd also need an alignment after the tires got put on, but I needed the replacement ball joint first.
It took FOUR HOURS for them to look at my car, when they said they could get the repair done in two. And here's the fun part: my front transfer case is shot. That's a $700-800 repair, so in total we're looking at repairs costing twice what the car was appraised at back in February when I was thinking about selling it to Carmax and getting a new car. FUCK ME.
So now I have no reliable car, and if I take this thing back to Carmax I'm going to get fucked in the ass on tradein value. I got turned down for an auto loan by my credit union, so now I've got no clue WTF to do.
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That sucks. Car troubles all around my friend mike's car just got repossessed so now he has to ride a bike 20 miles to work. | |
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