Shitty week thus far.

Well, tell me this isn't enough to piss someone off:

We'll start with my car blowing a spark plug a week or so ago. I hadn't had time to really fix the problem until recently, and Abby and I had to share her car until I could get it fixed. This is just after fixing her Throttle, by the way...

At any rate, the Saturday I'm planning on fixing this, I am about to get off work to go out and fix my car, when a coworker calls in sick. I then have to work a split shift to help cover it (I opened that morning, and had to close that night). So, I get a few hours to work on my car in the parking lot at work (as that's where it ended up after blowing the plug) before I had to work again.

Okay, I appear to get it fixed and head home, get Abby, and drive back to get my car. The plug blows yet again on the way home, forcing us to leave it on the side of the highway until I can get something done with it.

Sunday rolls around, and the same coworker is still sick, meaning I gotta work all day yet again. That night, I attempt to fix my car again, and after a few trips to the store for things I need, I finally get it taken care of.

Monday, I get a call from Abby about half an hour before I drive into work. Her car SHUT OFF while driving down the freeway, and won't start again, meaning I have to go get her from the side of the interstate. I do so, and have her drop me off at work, as she needs a car.

Tuesday rolls around, we got her car towed, she needs a new wiring harness. After she takes my car to the store, my car's radiator has decided to fall apart. Where my upper radiator hose connects to my radiator is plastic, and has pretty much corroded down to nothing. I can't just replace that plastic area, the whole thing needs replaced.

So, I'm having a shitty time. How is everyone else?

Wow, that really sucks. Talk about bad luck. Hopefully next weekend/week is full of fun, laughter, and sex to make up for this shitty one you just had.

i'd be on the edge or pushing my car off a cliff more than likely. That'd make for a hell of a video tape.

Dam that sucks Voll maybe you should take the hint and get a different car or two.

Not everyone can grab a new car or two whenever they need.
I hear you all the way Volls, Im actually just waiting for my car to take the big dive. Im very suprised and gratefull it has lasted this long. Luckily I dont live too far from work and I dont have to take any highways. Other than being drugged and almost being taken advantage of, Im not doing to bad.

What type of car is it?? Make and model.

What type of car is it?? Make and model.

1989 Mazda 323

It's actually not had too many large problems, but they're all coming at once now.


I can't just pick up a new car, as I can't afford it. If I do, I definitely won't be able to go to college for some time, unless I were to move back in with my parents. I can't move in with Mom, as her and my stepfather are still working on getting their own place as they live with a friend, and my father lives some distance away (and he and Abby don't get along very well).

So, I'm stuck at the moment. When I can afford a new vehicle, I'm likely to get a motorcycle.

Motorcycles > Cars

What kind of motorcycle would you buy?

What kind of motorcycle would you buy?

Unsure, as of this point.

You can either get a motorcycle or buy a decent car from the impound for around $500.

You mean at a police auction thing? Or you can just stroll on down to the impound and they sell cars and motorcycles?

My last two weeks or so have been pretty fucking disgusting, getting better now because I'm gotten my mind on track.

My week consists of of not giving a shit about school. That's it.

Volls, this is why I've sworn off cars. Public transit and a bike is the way to go. You've already got the girlfriend, so who are you trying to impress? Buy a good BMX (unless you're one of them "mountain bike" queers), become familiar with the city bus/train system and watch your insurance/repair/fuel issues float effortlessly out the window.

I'm a mountain bike queer... Although I got other bikes too, I like my mountain bike best.

I dont know how public transportation is in the US, but here it's a nightmare. Busses and trains are late alot, and alot of the times when they do get on time, they're loaded. Especially now in the summer this is horrible, since everyone is sweating and all that.

The same is true over here...

Buses are always late, trains are either late, don't turn up or are cancelled and taxis are too expensive...when the trains don't turn up or are cancelled then they have a bus srvice instead...crazy...

How come America has such a good public transport system?? I always think of you lot as driving your own car rather than using the Bus...and for such a big country, I'm surprised you've got the money...look how small we are and look at our public transport, and the roads around where I live are terrible!!

You live in England, coprrect? Then the difference between mass-transit systems in both countries would be the fact that Britain's train/bus systems are equivalent to five or six of the individual state and city systems in our country. For all I know, LA's bus system could be worse than yours, but I'd bet money that Salt Lake's train system is more reliable than anything you can find in England.

Volls, this is why I've sworn off cars. Public transit and a bike is the way to go. You've already got the girlfriend, so who are you trying to impress? Buy a good BMX (unless you're one of them "mountain bike" queers), become familiar with the city bus/train system and watch your insurance/repair/fuel issues float effortlessly out the window.

Problem is Raz, it would take me about 3 hours or so to get to my workplace.

Believe me, I'm not impressing ANYONE with my car, working or not.

Take the bus, bro. I'm not sure what the system is like where you live, but I know it's pretty decent in Seattle, and the train system in Salt Lake is great.

Take the bus, bro. I'm not sure what the system is like where you live, but I know it's pretty decent in Seattle, and the train system in Salt Lake is great.

That WAS the bus. -.-