Another
crazy week in my world for sure. But the good news in life is I found
and bought a car. The not so stellar news is that it's really not
that exciting of a car. It's a 1998 Chevy Prizm with 200,000 miles on
it. The only saving grace of the car for me is that it has a Toyota
manufactured engine & drive train so in theory should run for
another 100,000 miles if I have any luck at all. Hopefully I'll be
able to upgrade it long before then, but if not at least it'll
probably survive for a long time. Other not so stellar points with
this car are that it has been hit on the driver side and the door is
in rough shape. Add to that how dirty the interior is and the fact
that I need to replace the interior door handles and it's a bit of a
challenge to actually be happy about it. The up side to all of it is
that I already found it a new door (that's actually the same color as
the car) and bought door handles on the cheap off of eBay. So now I
just need a bit of free time to try to put the car together. The
super good point about it would have to be the best I can tell so far
it's getting well over 30 miles per gallon which is amazing compared
to the 12 mpg my Suburban typically gets.
This
car is also a stretch for me as I've always been a hard core GM
person, I think that's just how it works in my family, pretty much
everything is a GM, except for my brother's Toyota truck and sister
in law's Acura MDX. I have friends that have Toyota's with the same
engine in them and they've pretty much driven them into the ground so
there's hope for this car I guess. I put some seat covers on it, am
going to clean it up really well and see how I feel about it then.
I'm pretty sure as gas prices rise I'll like it more.
This
car was just more of a compromise than I'd originally planned on, but
I think it'll work for the best in the end. Not to mention I got it
majorly cheaply. Plus as I was typing this I was talking to one of my
friends about it and we figured out a way to make a seat cover for
the back seat to cover up the nasty there. Plus her son details cars
for a living and he's giving me some tips on ways to clean up some of
the parts I can't cover up with fabric. This car is looking better &
better all the time!
Other
than that it's been busy, I worked last Wednesday, Thursday &
Friday, got the car Thursday (took a nap, slept in the car on the way
to Kansas City then drove back to go to work) then went to a guard
competition on Saturday, worked on Sunday, took a Pathophysiology
test on Monday, and have been in education classes Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday this week. On top of that I'm getting all of my school
stuff done and studying for two tests on Monday of this next week.
I'm worn out. I need some time to sleep, just not sure when that
one's going to happen.
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