One burden down - many more to go...
It's finally almost over... I've been paying on my car for three years now. As of tomorrow the last payment will be made. I've just gotten off the phone with the loan company and confirmed the arrangements to make the final transfer in the morning.
Now, I just have to decide if I am going to keep this car. On top of the car payments I have about $1,500-$2,000 into major repairs on the car. And now, it's not getting the gas mileage I think I should be getting. We aren't talking a small amount off, either... We're talking 5-8 miles per gallon of gas (sorry, no metric conversions handy at the moment).
I have found that using a higher grade of petrol seems to improve the mileage a bit. However, when looking at the overall situation, I can't help but think that it's a pain to have to seek out high-grade gas just to get decent mileage. Not to mention more costly.
I think it's time to go back to my mechanics, run some numbers with them and see what I come up with. With all the money into major repairs I feel like I don't want to give the car up until I get my money back out of the repairs. On the other hand, it may just be best to cut my losses and find another, more reliable car (and this time, I won't be making payments...just trade it in, and pay the difference up front).
A few other random thoughts:
On to other things. I am finally starting to get my website up the way I want it. This means that I won't be posting here directly anymore. But, don't fear, I will have my entries exported from my website and imported here via RSS. More about my website when it's just about ready to go.
There's supposed to be a rave-party tonight at the club. I really want to go, but don't think I will be going. While I don't feel like a Mac Truck has run over me any more, I am still quite sore from my recent illness. I think I need to sit this one out.
And, now I have to see if I am scheduled to work this weekend. Man, I hope not. I could really use a couple of days to myself to work on things, sort through some things, and just be.
One last note: I've been thinking about an incident that occurred yesterday, and the importance of not being isolated. A friend had a nearly fatal incident, but was fortunately able to contact a friend just in time. The emotions surrounding this even are fairly intense for me, as "close" as I am to this person. It's making me re-think some things, although I don't have them sorted out to any way in which I can write about them.
Now, I just have to decide if I am going to keep this car. On top of the car payments I have about $1,500-$2,000 into major repairs on the car. And now, it's not getting the gas mileage I think I should be getting. We aren't talking a small amount off, either... We're talking 5-8 miles per gallon of gas (sorry, no metric conversions handy at the moment).
I have found that using a higher grade of petrol seems to improve the mileage a bit. However, when looking at the overall situation, I can't help but think that it's a pain to have to seek out high-grade gas just to get decent mileage. Not to mention more costly.
I think it's time to go back to my mechanics, run some numbers with them and see what I come up with. With all the money into major repairs I feel like I don't want to give the car up until I get my money back out of the repairs. On the other hand, it may just be best to cut my losses and find another, more reliable car (and this time, I won't be making payments...just trade it in, and pay the difference up front).
A few other random thoughts:
On to other things. I am finally starting to get my website up the way I want it. This means that I won't be posting here directly anymore. But, don't fear, I will have my entries exported from my website and imported here via RSS. More about my website when it's just about ready to go.
There's supposed to be a rave-party tonight at the club. I really want to go, but don't think I will be going. While I don't feel like a Mac Truck has run over me any more, I am still quite sore from my recent illness. I think I need to sit this one out.
And, now I have to see if I am scheduled to work this weekend. Man, I hope not. I could really use a couple of days to myself to work on things, sort through some things, and just be.
One last note: I've been thinking about an incident that occurred yesterday, and the importance of not being isolated. A friend had a nearly fatal incident, but was fortunately able to contact a friend just in time. The emotions surrounding this even are fairly intense for me, as "close" as I am to this person. It's making me re-think some things, although I don't have them sorted out to any way in which I can write about them.