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So I dropped my car off this morning, because it started making a grinding noise... Which I thought was the brakes that needed to be checked.... It's been about a year it was time anyways right...

Yup need new brakes ($400), and a new ball joint ($400), and front tires ($100), and hood latch ($75) and bearings ($100)....

Damn if that $1000 bonus isn't gone twice over now....

Okay, I'll get the brakes and bearings dona, and deal with rest later....

Then I must get my crap out of storage NOW and use that money instead to buy new car....

Date: 2004-10-05 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tk7602.livejournal.com
ooof! that's not good at all.

does that mean you will not be stopping by this fine evening as previously planned? (that seems like a lot of work to get done in a day!)

Date: 2004-10-05 05:18 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lensman.livejournal.com
Nah, I'll be able to come by easily enough...

They're only going to do the bearings, and brakes...

and either way I have B's car while she is away in NYC, so I transfered everything to that for the time being. :-)

Date: 2004-10-05 07:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ninjarat.livejournal.com
Bit of advice if you do finance a new vehicle (I've done it twice): do your damnedest to keep the length of the loan as short as possible, no matter how much it hurts. You'll be happier in the long run paying, say, $500/mo for 24 months than you will paying 350 for 36 months.

Financing

Date: 2004-10-05 07:58 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lensman.livejournal.com
It'll be a while before I can do any sort of real financing.... I still have over $4.5K that I need to pay off from when my ex-left....

I can probably pull ~$10K out of my 401K when I get the last loan there paid off. Which I hope to do maybe next month-ish... (Hopefully the Ball-joint and tires will last through that)

Date: 2004-10-06 05:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
Ouch! Sorry your car isn't well, but good timing on the bonus - at least that could cover part of it.

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