Cars

[bertine]

My car is a 2000 Saturn SL1 and has 100,000 miles on it. It gets ~30 miles to the gallon and I maintain it pretty well. In the last year, including the $600 I am putting into it today, I have paid about $1300 to maintain it. That was mostly things I could have lived with out like recharging the air conditioning, fixing a seat and fixing a window.

Still, sometimes I want a new car so badly because it would look nice and have a sunroof and wouldn't need things like oil valve gaskets and serpentine belts replaced. Then I look at the car payment and get sticker shock.

Comments

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

It's a Toyota rav4, they don't get much smaller.

I had a Saturn for a week once!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Those are cute. My mom wants one (or a truck)


Did the windows work? I guess it is common for the windows to have issues. BAH.

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

The windows were MANUAL. And they worked, yes. And I needed them, cause this was in July and it was parked out in the sun all day and was almost black and the AC took like 20 minutes to actually be effective.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

For most of the summer last year my a/c DIDN'T WORK AT ALL. It wasn't until I drove to Joplin that I decide I had to get it fixed and then it was the nicest thing ever.

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

I had my heater not work in January. I had to drive around with the windows down so it wouldn't get all fogged up. That was FUN.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I am not sure which is worse. I don't handle heat very well.

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

I don't either, and usually I say "there's only so many clothes you can take off" and all, but driving semi-fast, you at least get a breeze, and you can have a cold drink with you... but driving n 35W at like 65MPH with the windows down when it's -20 degrees, there's just no way that's not hellish.