I officially hate my life.

My dad can now apparently add Japan to the list of countries he's crash-tested vehicles for (those prior countries would be America and Sweden ( Read more... )

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I am now the happy owner of a silver '08 Focus. At this age and at less than 20,000 miles, it's easily the newest car I've ever owned. It's so CUTE. And SHINY. :D And best of all, it doesn't threaten to overheat and die if I have to wait a while to make a left turn! :-P ( Read more... )

According to my stepdad, the hot mess (literally) that happened on Tuesday was primarily two things: a cracked radiator, and a busted fan ( Read more... )

...my temper was not the only thing doomed to boil over today ( Read more... )

For months now, I've been telling people that the licensee database on our website, which people use to verify whether certain people hold a certain type of license (kind of a major part of our office's duties), hasn't been updated since March - because that's the last thing I'd been told. After asking several weeks in a row whether it had been ( Read more... )

...Again.

I get in to my car to go to work - and it won't start. No headlights, doesn't even try to turn over, nada. Oddly enough, my schizophrenic doorlocks seem to still have some power - in fact, as I watch, the door I manually lock actually unlocks itselfMy stepdad's theory is that if my weirdly possessed doorlocks were whirring all weekend ( Read more... )

GRAR. The battery in my car died on the way to work this morning. Four hours and about $140 later, I'm finally at work ( Read more... )

If it's not one thing, it's another with this damn car. I just spent $400 in repairs on the thing, and my stepdad just checked the car Sunday afternoon - and now I find out one of my brake lights is burnt out. On its own this probably wouldn't bug me too much, but on top of everything else? Meh. I just hope I don't get pulled over before I can ( Read more... )