I've been having car trouble recently so my '92 Ford Taurus is spending tonight at an auto shop. Hopefully the news won't be too bad / expensive when they call me in the morning to tell me what's wrong with it. I also hope they'll be able to fix it before the holiday.

The car has already had major service several times during the 3 years that I've had it, which is to be expected for a car that is almost 17 years old. I'm reluctant to invest anymore money into fixing it up, but I really can't afford a new car right now, even another used car, and the engine doesn't really have that many miles for its age.

It's funny, when the guy at the auto shop was checking the odometer, he was confused by the fact that it seemed to missing a digit. He asked me, "does this thing have 13,000 miles on it or or does that say 130,000 miles?" I replied, "the odometer only goes up to 99,999.9 and it's already rolled over so it's actually 113,000 miles." The repair guy shrugged and said "that's weird" to which I added "that shows Ford's confidence in their product to not even last over 100,000 miles."

The forecast for tomorrow predicts it will still be raining so I'll probably get wet when I have to walk back over to the auto shop to pick up my car. I won't mind though because I really do like walking in the rain. Of course, if I can't afford to fix my car, I'll probably be walking a lot more rain or shine whether I like it or not...

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Mood:
Currently listening to:
the sound of raindrops on our skylight and 11:11 by Regina Spektor