Yay! I have brakes on my car. Thanks to my dispatcher’s husband, I spent about half of what CarX wanted, plus I got a free starter!!! Er… well, once it was all said and done, I spent half as much on brakes+starter as CarX wanted for just the brakes. Okay… I’m confused now. Anyway… This [...]

Today I got to experience what it was like to be without a car. I had lots of fun riding the buses all over town, and, in the evening, hid at CyRide through a tornado warning and then drove someone else’s car to go get mine fixed. Confused? Click the link to read the whole [...]

My car’s been nice to me. Even though hail trashed a window last year, and I’ve gone through a couple of tires and other miscelaneous parts including a cruise control amplifier (whatever that is), I haven’t had any major problems it it. SO. After this summer’s vacation, my brakes were squealing a bit after takeoff. [...]

… is this thing on? check… 1, 2, 3… Hey cool. This thing does still work. Sorry about not updating… I was enjoying the last weeks of summer to the fullest extent. (that and I’ve been trying to get away from the computer more often) So, it’s the third day of classes and, if I [...]