Ugh.

Lancer woke me up with their call about Clyde the Chev today. Seems they want almost $900 to fix the front brakes and rotors and some kind of hose, and even more than that to fix the rear cylinder, whatever that is, even though that can be held off. We were expecting something under $300. And that doesn't take into account the problems we're already ignoring, like the tires it needs and the various leaks and the worn out belts.

Clyde is not worth $1000, so unless we do something else (have it towed to another shop for a different estimate and hope it's manageable or have S4 repair what he can himself), we're without car. Which sucks, but wouldn't be half so bad as the fact that the "good" car on loan is also scheduled to be returned from whence it came in another week or two. Arrrgh.

Went from two cars to none pretty damn quick. At least I walk to work.

And now I'm feeling really guilty about agreeing to buy that keyboard, even though I couldn't really have forseen this.

Is anyone out there selling a cheap, reliable little hatchback?
I'd buy it from you in a heartbeat.

*sigh*

Ooh, wait.
Does this mean I don't have to pay my $200 insurance bill, now? That'd be neat. I can't remember if you pay forward or back on that.

Is it motorcycle season, yet?