what a pain.

I hate messing with cars. I hate having to think about gas, flat tires, engines, really everything. But, when my car is acting funny, I know it.....

It all started back in July. I had to go to Austin for a conference and my car made these jerking movements. It was like it hiccuped while I was driving. I explained this to Sam and he said take it in. So, I take it in to our mechanic, whom we really trust. He told me nothing was wrong! It was great and he couldn't find anything. Now I'm thinking I'm just crazy. Oh, and side note: I've been complaining how it doesn't heat up when it's cold out...it'll take 20 minutes for my heater to start working.
Ok, so Monday I'm driving and almost home and it just dies. Luckily, Sam wasn't far so he followed me home. He drove it the next day and it died on him and did the hiccup thing. He gets online and finds that there's some sensor recall with Nissan Altimas. Great we're thinking! This won't cost a thing! (if this were a novel that would have been foreshadowing)
Boy were we wrong!!!!!

We took it to Peltier Nissan and they can't fix the recall programming problem without fixing the sensor something or another-I don't remember the technical term. And, just to fix the necessary things, meaning just so it won't blow up on us in the next month, it'll be about 1000 dollars. Plus, I need new back tires. Then there are all the other repairs that are needed, which will be another 1000-2000.
Oh, and I wasn't crazy! My car won't heat up b/c it can't! The 'microfilter' is messed up. Whatever that means! So, I get online and find that I'm not the only Altima owner with the same problems! Other people have the same ones and keep having it over and over.

So, here we are: do we fix my car or just throw in the towel and get a new one? Mine is paid off and another car payment sucks. But, throwing money into mine when it's going to need way more repairs sucks too.

We've spent the night car shopping and we're going to get a new, safer one. What a romantic, exciting Friday night!