aaaaaargh (or, why Rina hates finances)
To quote Sev, "bitch is not pleased." Although, in this case, it is more like "bitch is double-plus ultra not pleased."
Soooo the car has been making a "Service Engine Soon" light at me for a while (like, a couple weeks.) I finally got a chance to take it down to Advanced on Thursday when I had time off work. They poked and prodded it and informed me it was some part or other (started with a C? Catalyzer, maybe? I don't know, I never remember the name, just the pricetag) and that it would be about $287 with parts and labour. They would be able to get the part for me on Monday. I agreed to this thing and said I'd bring the car back then.
Yesterday trying to get home from work was a bitch. Every fracking road in this area is overloaded because of construction on the Edens, which makes my commute extra miserable and 20 minutes longer either way. As if the 20 miles in Chicago traffic weren't bad enough.
So anyway. I finally get to Advanced way late, but they were nice enough to stay and wait for me (considering they've made over $3k off my car in the last 18 months, I'd hope so!). Drop off car. Acquire rental. Finally get home at 8 pm. Froth and rage at Monday Night Football, etc.
This morning they call me and are like "Okay, so we fixed the one thing. Then we hooked it back up to the scanner thing and it said that you need three O2 sensors and a [something else] sensor. Good news is that the [something else] sensor is $31 new from dealer. The O2 sensors are $125 new from dealer, but I can try to get them aftermarket. If I do that I don't know how long they'll work. I'll waive labour on this since we didn't see it beforehand."
Rina thinks: "Oh for fuck's sake fucking car WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME."
Rina says: Okay, well, can you find out how much the aftermarket sensors are?
A couple minutes later they call back. $75 each. I say go ahead, and then call my mother and inform her that I give up and it is apparently time to buy a new car. So just when I had gotten my budget in order, it goes to hell because I somehow have to manage to afford a car. WHAT. THE. HELL. And I will hardly get anything for my massive beast, because he has almost 159K miles on him and blue book for him is $1700, which of course I will not get.
RINA SMASH. It has not been a good day, and I don't even have FFT: Lion War to make it better, AND I won't have FFT until Thursday, AND I AM FILLED WITH SULK.
*pouts*
so do not want to write tonight but know I have to. RAR.
Soooo the car has been making a "Service Engine Soon" light at me for a while (like, a couple weeks.) I finally got a chance to take it down to Advanced on Thursday when I had time off work. They poked and prodded it and informed me it was some part or other (started with a C? Catalyzer, maybe? I don't know, I never remember the name, just the pricetag) and that it would be about $287 with parts and labour. They would be able to get the part for me on Monday. I agreed to this thing and said I'd bring the car back then.
Yesterday trying to get home from work was a bitch. Every fracking road in this area is overloaded because of construction on the Edens, which makes my commute extra miserable and 20 minutes longer either way. As if the 20 miles in Chicago traffic weren't bad enough.
So anyway. I finally get to Advanced way late, but they were nice enough to stay and wait for me (considering they've made over $3k off my car in the last 18 months, I'd hope so!). Drop off car. Acquire rental. Finally get home at 8 pm. Froth and rage at Monday Night Football, etc.
This morning they call me and are like "Okay, so we fixed the one thing. Then we hooked it back up to the scanner thing and it said that you need three O2 sensors and a [something else] sensor. Good news is that the [something else] sensor is $31 new from dealer. The O2 sensors are $125 new from dealer, but I can try to get them aftermarket. If I do that I don't know how long they'll work. I'll waive labour on this since we didn't see it beforehand."
Rina thinks: "Oh for fuck's sake fucking car WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME."
Rina says: Okay, well, can you find out how much the aftermarket sensors are?
A couple minutes later they call back. $75 each. I say go ahead, and then call my mother and inform her that I give up and it is apparently time to buy a new car. So just when I had gotten my budget in order, it goes to hell because I somehow have to manage to afford a car. WHAT. THE. HELL. And I will hardly get anything for my massive beast, because he has almost 159K miles on him and blue book for him is $1700, which of course I will not get.
RINA SMASH. It has not been a good day, and I don't even have FFT: Lion War to make it better, AND I won't have FFT until Thursday, AND I AM FILLED WITH SULK.
*pouts*
so do not want to write tonight but know I have to. RAR.