This ride for Stubby was when he needed the engine work. II’ve never heard of this towing company – my cell phone road side assistance sent them.
I asked the tow truck driver if he could recommend any transmissions shops, but he said he was new to the area – just moved here from Memphis. So I’m still on the hunt for someone who can help with a tranny.
It has been years since I have had to deal with the hassle of a car payment. I don’t like paying bills every month, especially when my income is so variable based on commissions. So paying cash for a car has always worked out best for me. Of course, thy are not brand new cars from a dealership – they are used cars that I find and decide to take a chance on and buy.
The problem with buying a used car is that you don’t know it’s history and you take a chance that there will be no serious repairs needed right away. After all the cars I’ve owned, I can say that none of them have been lemons but none of them have run trouble free forever, either.
Part of owning a car is deciding when the maintenance and repairs get to be too expensive to warrant keeping the car. I’m trying to make that decision right now on my Mazda. I just spent $2,000 on a rebuilt engine in January and don’t feel that I’ve gotten my money out of that yet. But now the brakes are acting up and the muffler is starting to rattle. So, I’m looking for repair estimates and trying to decide if I should get rid of the Mazda now or spend more money on it d try to make it last another year or two?
A bg part of cleaning out my car is gathering up all the loose change that is scattered about. I find everything from wheat pennies to silver dollars that have bounced around in the car for months at a time. Last night there was over five bucks in change in just the ashtray.
Of course, I don’t smoke, so the car’s ashtray seems like a good place to toss the change when I pay for food at a drive through window. Somehow the change never stay in just the ashtray – there is change under the seat, change in the door wells, even loose change in the trunk. So today I will put someone to work sorting through all this loose change and rolling it up so I can take it t the bank.
I’d be willing to bet that most people expect a great Auto Warranty when they buy a new car from a dealership. After all, it is a huge money investment and most people are not comfortable taking a big risk when they have $20,000 or $30,000 or more on the line. So, what do people do when they buy a used car? Some used cars are running close to $20,000 – so where is the comfort zone in that kind of cash outlay?
When I bought the last dealership car, I told the salesman that I wanted a Car Warranty that gave me bumper to bumper protection for 3 years. I thought that was fair and was willing to pay extra for the peace of mind that my car was going to give me no problems. The only payment I wanted to deal with was the car note. I didn’t want to pay for any major car repairs while I was still paying on the note.
We ended up getting a great Extended Warranty that covered my car for any and everything that could possibly go wrong. The only trouble I’ve had with that car since I bought it 12 years ago is the transmission has now gone out. So it’s sitting in the driveway waiting on me to save up enough for a new tranny. After that, I expect to get another 12 years out of it.
Checked out this website today while searching for a Jeep: http://www.riveroakscjd.com
I am totally fine with shopping for my next used car in the Chicago area. I go to Chicago at least 2 or 3 times a year, and it’s a cheap, fast flight to Midway airport from Nashville. If I can find a Chrysler Jeep Dodge Dealer with a great deal on a Jeep Wrangler, I can take care of all the business online and over the phone, then fly up there and drive it back home. I might even take my third grader grandson with me for the fun of an airplane ride and the thrill of riding home in new Jeep.
This dealer in Napleton has a nice web site that makes their inventory very searchable, with sticker price and photo of the car. For my next car, color is going to be as important as the price and other features. I refuse to drive a red vehicle and I think red Jeeps look stupid. But I really like the black Jeeps, and the olive green Jeeps are the classic military color that I was to try to find. The white ones look funky, not in a good way, and the silver ones are like, “what?” So having photos and knowing the color is a big part of my search.