Stranded

I dislike it when people say "I told you so," and I really hate giving people the opportunity to say it. I got a used car for Christmas, and it has already had several trips to the repair shop. My dad wanted me to put it on a warranty, but we just don't have the kind of money to plunk down for that right now. So last week, Dave had a death in the family and we decided to drive to Indiana to attend the funeral. We took my car because it has cruise control, and I figured we HAD just had it checked out at the dealership, so surely everything should go fine. Wouldn't you know the stupid car threw a rod not 90 miles from our destination? Of course Dad was quick to point out that's something a warranty would have covered.

We've spent the last two weeks stranded in Indiana while our car gets a new engine installed (happily, we're stranded with very kind and generous family).

I would just like to point out, for those who are keeping count, that I've now had a car catch on fire with me in it, and one car's engine blow up with me in it. I'm getting a bit tired of this bad car Karma. I clearly need to be able to purchase a much newer car that won't give me this sort of trouble. Keep your fingers crossed that I finally find a job that will allow me to do just that.