Keep on truckin!
photo credit: Stuart Chalmers
This is one instance where I am so glad that I was wrong. Yesterday, I was wondering if our truck had finally reached the end of the road. It turns out that the rear brakes had iced up (it’s a pickup, which explains why warming up the truck for 45 minutes had no effect).
In addition to a free tow (thanks AAA!), our auto shop didn’t charge us anything. Maybe they felt sorry for us, or are full of the holiday spirit, but I am so thankful that we didn’t have to shell out any money.
This did serve as a huge wakeup call, though. I don’t like the fact that we don’t have a huge down payment saved up right now, especially considering the economy. I’ve been thinking about our 2009 goals, and am reassessing our priorities based on yesterday’s experience. I really don’t want any car/truck loan if we can help it!
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Time to say goodbye to the truck?
I woke up this morning to find that the car was gone, but the truck was still parked in the street. My husband always takes the truck to work, so I knew that this wasn’t a good sign.
I called the husband. He thought that the truck just needed some time to warm up, since it was cold this morning. He said that he couldn’t get it to move.
I went out and let the truck warm up for 45 minutes. Basically, it will start and shift into gear, but it won’t move. At all. I called AAA, and it’s been towed to the repair shop. According to the tow truck guy, “The transmission’s locked. That’s never good.” Hmmm….
My husband is in denial that anything serious is wrong, but I have a feeling that the truck may be at the end of its road. After dumping $1500 into it earlier this year, ponying up for transmission work on a vehicle with about 200,000 miles on it falls into my “money in the toilet” category.
We’ll see what the auto shop says. Luckily, we can easily do with one car until at least the end of January.
Anyone got a nice reliable car for sale?
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