So ... last night on my way to my ASL class, I decided to stop at Sonic and get a grilled cheese sandwich. I was about halfway finished, when I got a phone call. We talked for about 20 minutes.
All this time my car had been turned off. But ... maybe my lights were on???
My car wouldn't start. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Luckily I still had my jumper cables in my trunk. Thankfully the lady next to me in her month-old truck was not only willing to jump start me, but knew how to do it.
I drove to my class and turned my car off. It restarted right away. After class it started up, and today I've had no problems.
I just can't tell you how tempted I am to take up the offers from my relatives (dad, uncle, grandma) to get a new car.
Just that big dollar figure being owed to a relative makes me go back to keep on trying to keep my lil' ol' Honda moving along.
Background: it's a Honda Civic 97 with ~121k miles. Lots of mechanical problems, etc. summer of 09.)
---
Got my final paycheck from the gym today. $144!!! Woo Hoo! 
My car :rolleyes:
February 18th, 2010 at 02:42 am
February 18th, 2010 at 02:58 am 1266461918
February 18th, 2010 at 03:10 am 1266462612
I owned an '86 Honda Civic that was a very reliable car. It has almost 90,000 before I had to replace the clutch and we drove it until it was "totaled" by the insurance company when someone ran a red light and hit us. It had over 150,000 miles on it and it was a great car.
February 18th, 2010 at 07:21 am 1266477701
February 19th, 2010 at 11:52 pm 1266623527
If I have very much more in expensive repairs to keep it going, I'm going to end up having to borrow money from relatives anyway. Just a lesser amount - you know, for paying tuition. I suppose I could just stop going to school when the tuition money runs out ... so no debt to relatives. But that doesn't make a lot of sense - especially when I'll have 20 of 36 credits by May.
I am putting money aside - as much as I can. But pretty much the money goes into the big black hole known as "Tuition, other school expenses, Car repairs and maintenance, car insurance" There's just so many ways one can split 8 or 900 dollars a month.