my'89 is on its last leg, but i wasnt bothered cause it was given to me after having sat in a neighbors garage for 20 years, so for the most part it worked enough for me to get back and forth to the store and what not....

since the car was old, its having problems i'll never be able to afford to fix...

relay panel needs to be replaced so the air and windows can work 300.00

gaskets need to be change 250.00

rods need replacing 7-1200.00 or at least 150 to just tighten some bolts under there...

so at the very least ill have to be broke for an entire month and that just cant happen, so, im gonna sell the car to the junk yard so i can get a down payment on another car...hopefully.

unless you live in a harsh climate or have to drive children to and from school, I would just get a scooter. A billion times cheaper and GREEN, not to mention better for city driving.

My love affair with cars really died my last year in the states. It just became more of a burden to me (but then again, I don't enjoy driving).

imago said:

unless you live in a harsh climate or have to drive children to and from school, I would just get a scooter. A billion times cheaper and GREEN, not to mention better for city driving.

My love affair with cars really died my last year in the states. It just became more of a burden to me (but then again, I don't enjoy driving).

Mostly agree, but a motorcyle would be much more versatile, allowing highway speed if needed.

If you have to have a car look into fixing it yourself for a 1/4 of the cost you listed

trust...i aint even scared to get underthere and pull shyt out and replace it, i just have the strength no more... ..lol

old people need money and lots of it...haha..lol

I found a lil car to drive....and the dealer is an old friend from school...but, they all think im nuts...that shouldnt matter as long as i've got his down payment...right??

I've never had a car. I like driving, but only on nice, winding country roads. I'm loathe to get a car and drive in Bangkok. One day I may have to though.

myfavorite said:

I found a lil car to drive....and the dealer is an old friend from school...but, they all think im nuts...that shouldnt matter as long as i've got his down payment...right??

...and as long as the monthly car payments and higher insurance won't kill you.

i woke up thinking about that this morning........lawd. i may have to make other arrangements or something.

I feel like i can function normally most times, but really, with the way my fam is right now....i cant be too sure... ...(if i said that properly)

No public transportation you could use in the short term? I haven't owned a car in so long I forget how long its been. But I can get within a couple blocks of pretty much anyplace I need to go on public transportation in the Bay Area.

Edit: Whoa... there was like... half a sentence missing. Fixed it.

[Edited 9/29/11 8:01am]

thats right. less hassle.

myfavorite said:

I found a lil car to drive....and the dealer is an old friend from school...but, they all think im nuts...that shouldnt matter as long as i've got his down payment...right??

myfavorite said:

i woke up thinking about that this morning........lawd. i may have to make other arrangements or something.

I feel like i can function normally most times, but really, with the way my fam is right now....i cant be too sure... ...(if i said that properly)

Girl, I hear ya! You gotta have dependable wheels in H-town.

Around here public trans. is "we'll get you where you absolutely, positively NEED to be, eventually (or where WE need to collect the most City revenue), outside of that you're on your own", there are still business parks (good paying jobs) that have no public trans. access, it's improved over the years, there was a time when some of the best jobs were completely out of reach if you didn't have access to a car.

morningsong said:

Around here public trans. is "we'll get you where you absolutely, positively NEED to be, eventually (or where WE need to collect the most City revenue), outside of that you're on your own", there are still business parks (good paying jobs) that have no public trans. access, it's improved over the years, there was a time when some of the best jobs were completely out of reach if you didn't have access to a car.

Texas is like that too. And it's soooo spread out that it takes hours to get anywhere on the bus. Dallas has some trains but to travel downtown takes about 1.5 hours where it's only half an hour by car during non-rush hour times.

myfavorite said:

I found a lil car to drive....and the dealer is an old friend from school...but, they all think im nuts...that shouldnt matter as long as i've got his down payment...right??

looks like a Kia or a Volkswagon. I can't tell. Gurl go and get that car. If the dealer is an old friend then ask him to help you out.

i was too tickled when they created that route that cuts acros the south side of houston, youused to have to go all the way into town just to get from your buddies house from sunny side to south park...lol

i use the bus in a min. but they dont have one iotta of PT in Spring.....I have caught a cab to go to the bus route on 1960 before tho....lawd...lol

Eye said same thing about my Son.......U learn 2 adjust:evillol:

morningsong said:

Around here public trans. is "we'll get you where you absolutely, positively NEED to be, eventually (or where WE need to collect the most City revenue), outside of that you're on your own", there are still business parks (good paying jobs) that have no public trans. access, it's improved over the years, there was a time when some of the best jobs were completely out of reach if you didn't have access to a car.

The metro area in Minnesota it's like that; all the public transportation seems to cover mostly the Minneapolis area but not everyone lives nor work in Minneapolis. So annoying.

But yeah, for the most part you can't survive in Minnesota without a car. Just not possible.