I have a new to me 2008 Cobalt, which is almost cobalt blue, in my parking space. Bought it this evening over a period of 3 hours after driving a Ford Fusion and not being able to handle the payment they wanted for it. Also, the Fusion is way too big for me to be completely comfortable driving. The Cobalt is not exactly what I want, but it's what I ( Read more... )

I checked blue book value the other night, a 2005 Chevy Cavalier with ABS, power everything, cruise etc in my area was $7540. I owe just over $4700. I decided that I would take no less than $7500. The offered $7576. I took it. They have the loan account number, there are just a couple of signatures that they need, the docs were sent out today, ( Read more... )

Total loss. Offer to be made tomorrow. They need to pay me a lot of money for me not to be pissy. I really liked that car.

Yesterday I got rear ended in the parking lot at work by a co-worker. I think she believes that it was my fault. It's hard to run into someone when your foot is applied to the brake, though. My car was mildly scratched, hers was dented pretty heinously. She didn't appear at work today. Oh darn. My insurance adjuster called me while I was in the ( Read more... )

Saturday morning I will back my little car into the garage (if I can get some pressure in the transmission, if not, I'll be pushing it into the garage), then take Emma to her friend's birthday party. Then Jerry will remove the transmission and put it in the back of his truck. Monday morning Jerry will go to the place in Anderson and pick up the new ( Read more... )

My parents have decided that they are going to buy me a rebuilt transmission, and my sister's ex-husband has offered to do the work on it. And I just got a lecture on belt tightening from Jennifer. What the fuck? Who the hell is she to lecture me about money? I need to quit smoking and cut out all of the 'extras' that I have so that I can ( Read more... )

I may very well be getting a new car this weekend. No, I can't afford it, but then again, I can't afford not to. So yeah. I'm probably going to the dealership where I bought the Tracer, my family has bought 3 cars from them in the last 5 years, they like us. But, they're a GMC dealer, so I won't be getting another Ford or Ford product. When I ( Read more... )

I think I'm going to just cry. What the fuck is the point? I bust my ass to get back on my feet, and as soon as everything starts to go well my fucking car breaks down. I have no way to get to work Monday, since my office is across town, and I really don't think the car will make it. I talked to a mechanic today who took a quick look, and there is ( Read more... )

I talked to my sister a bit ago, whose boyfriend's family owns a shop, and got instructions. So tomorrow morning after I drive into town I'm going to check the transmission fluid level, because even though they were supposed to top off my fluids when they did my oil change last month Josh's mom said that they probably didn't even check it. I know I ( Read more... )

I think it's about to die for real this time. I spent the night at Deana's last night, and got up at about 8 to come home. I went out, started the car, put it in reverse, and slowly backed out of the parking space. Then I put the car into drive, and nothing happened. It was as if I'd left it in neutral. I went back and forth between drive and ( Read more... )