[sionnsar]

I had to hang around work for a while to see if the goodwife was going to get her car out of the shop this afternoon.

What a day. A day taken off from work, an early morning drive to the Capitol to sit in on a three-hour legislative "joint task force" (House & Senate) meeting just to be sure they weren't going to do smething stupid, then on the way back the "Check Engine" light came on so she diverted to the mechanic. $400+ today, with a followup $400 visit. Sigh.

I've never had an under-100k-mile car with so many problems. (They're really not all that many, but most of my Japanese vehicles have gone to 150k+ with less trouble and the only one that didn't get to 250k was stolen at 169k.)

[Monkey Face]

I had a 1979 Toyota Celica Lift-Back that I got for $350 and it was the most forgiving car I have ever had. I had to replace a lot of parts, but they were all original, and every single one, without fail, let go in my apartment parking lot.

I'd kill to have that car back! (NOT!)