Mi Vida Ocupada: My Busy Life!: Do you think this is a sign?

June 09, 2005

Do you think this is a sign?

It seems I have been running into some bad luck with my car lately.... last Friday it was a flat tire, Tuesday is was hail damage and yesterday while I was driving to work my power steering and A/C went out. I should have known...bad luck happens in 3's. Beyond my initial thoughts of, "What now??", I was dreading what it would cost me to get it fixed...summer's coming and that means Kristi is ultra broke!! Thank goodness I was close to a Jiffy Lube and they were able to figure out what the problem was...my serpentine belt had snapped. This is not the usual sort of thing that they take care of, but I think they felt a little sorry for me so one of the guys drove to Napa Auto Parts to buy me a new belt...Free of charge... and put it on for me. Good thing it didn't cost me any more than $50...I think I got off kind of easy!

So anyway, I have had Bessie (96 Mitsubishi Eclipse) for almost 7 years now and I have been wanting a newer car soooo bad. One reason I have kept the car so long is because I paid cash for her when I bought it on 11-11-98. I have been lucky that I haven't had anything major go wrong with her yet, but this past week has really made me think that I better make a move soon. So I am hoping that I can make it until this fall without any more unfortunate experiences. Still hoping to claim the hail damage and get a little $$!

Jun 9, 2005 10:18:18 AM | Cars, Rants