I killed it!

[Cindy B]

The car that is....

My husbands car. It was a 1990 Geo, that we bought a few (going on 4 ) years ago, for $1000.

He needed a car to get to work, since there were no public transportation options.

I was driving home from my job, and going up the hill, I smell something... burning! I attempt to downshift, and the clutch isn't working Then I just get enough to go up the hill, and then coast down and manage to get into a closed gas station... WHEW!

A police officer was in the gas station. He was very very sweet and nice.

DH got estimates for new clutch, and they are ran into the $400-600 range. (Three different mechanics and a junkyard/salvage place that does repairs) It was already iffy, so I didn't technically break it....

So today, we are calling to donate it. The organization said it didn't have to run, but they could fix it if need be.

So now, we are back to a one car family again. We did it for 8 years, back to doing it again!

 

[Serena]

Oh no! I hope you'll be able to replace it soon.

 

[zurgswife]

 

[jldriscoll]

Rats!!! 4 years is pretty good for $1000! She served you well!

 

[Gail T AGAIN]

jldriscoll, What I wanna know is how did you know it was a she, like most hes the car let her down when she needed it. HE served them well for 4 yrs. LOL

 

[fireplug]

Its over. Time to move on. No sense trying to keep something alive thats better off dead

Hope you find a good deal on another car soon


Steve

 

[Cindy B]

Well, as for the gender of the car.. since it was my husbands.. it was a she!


All his cars are SHE's!

 

[Spinning]

YIKES! But it did well for the price!
I don't know if we could live with one car! I like to be on the go!

 

[Mskanga]

OH Cindy, do I feel for you....but we couldn't survive here with one car!!
This is one thing we came to finally understand, we will always have car payments!! my dh works in NJ and is gone from 6:30 am till 6 pm everyday, no way that I would drive one hour one way just to keep the car , that would mean 4 hours in the car. So when he just got another car in May , we parked his old Hyundai accent in the driveway ( the car still runs but it's not that reliable for long distances everyday ) and if something happens to any of our cars all I have to do is put it back on the insurance and get the plates. I used to pay extra on my auto insurance to have rental cars in case of an accident, I just took that off because we don't need it, it feels good to think we have a spare one if needed.