So I completely forgot about this blog. How "K"razy is that! I'm looking over all the work it took to create it (which wasn't much for most people but a lot for me) and I'm thinking wow, this blog look pretty cool how could I have forgotten about it? I was probably having some random boyfriend trouble and went into some kind of depressed state and forgot about it. Well I'm back now...hopefully. It's ironic that I only found this blog cause I was looking for my other blog, which I still haven't found yet. I gotta do better at keeping up with these blogs. Well anyway I was going to delete this one but it looks so cute and the concept is till kind of cool to me so I think I'm going to keep it.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Random Act of "K"ar Trouble
I currently drive a 99 Toyota Camry (that my parents gave me) and I know that I do not take care of my car as well as I should so one of my worst fears has always been that I'm going to be driving down the road one day and my car is just going to BLOW UP!
that's awful, I know. So thankfully that has never happen but since I'm not able to drive my car right now that might as well have happen. I am having the all time worst type of trouble a person can possible have with their car.......TRANSMISSION TROUBLE! My car has been acting a little sluggish when I first crank it up but after I really get into gear and start driving it, it does perfectly fine. So I figured everything was okay so I didn't think much about it. Then 2 weeks ago when I went home my brother told me there was a lot of oil underneath where I had parked my car and that I probably had a oil leak. Well I checked my oil and also starting making sure to look back at wherever I parked to see if there was any oil and there really wasn't any so once again I was stumped as to what was going on with my car. So I kept driving my car but just made sure to keep an eye on everything. So I was driving along one day ( I think I was headed to the thrift store) and the car started stalling so I pulled over into a parking lot and the car just wouldn't go. I couldn't reverse and I couldn't go forward. So at this point I'm still thinking it just an issue with my oil, so I get some oil out of the trunk put it in the car and I was able to go again. It was still acting a little sluggish but at least it was moving. So this whole time I'm just hoping and praying that its not my transmission because I know those type of repairs can be VERY costly and yeah....I'm not financially ready to embark on that type of venture right now, lol. So I decide to get the car checked out and I'm thinking well maybe all I need is a really good oil change. So I took it to a mechanic my friend Cloey told me about and he checked it out and said that I did have an oil leak and quoted me a price of $225 to fix it all. I didn't have that on me at the moment so I told him I would come back, I was okay with the price and that fact that all I had was a oil problem...or so I thought. This brings me to Wednesday of last week, I was getting ready to get in my car to go to work and....NOTHING. It wouldn't reverse, it wouldn't go forward, it wouldn't do nothing. I checked the oil and it was actually reading over full so I didn't want to put anymore in it. At this exact moment I realized that one of my worst car fears was coming true....I had a transmission problem. I checked the transmission oil and it was reading full as well, now I know that my transmission oil did need to be changed or flush because it was completely black but I didn't think I would just not be able to drive my car at all. So I called around to a couple of auto shops and they were all just saying that its my transmission and that I need it rebuilt or replaced whatever they call it and I'm thinking maybe just maybe it could be something else. Like I know its the transmission but maybe the WHOLE thing isn't bad and maybe there is a semi-smaller fix that can be done to it. Well I got the car towed to the shop Saturday and I'm just waiting now to hear back from them to see exactly what the problem is and how much its going to cost. Now this may not seem like a big deal to other people but for me....I hate HATE HATE! having car trouble. The repairs are always costly and sometimes you never really know whats wrong so you sometime ends up spending extra money on something you really didn't need to. I just hate it. I feel like a woman should never have to deal with car issues...NEVER!
that's awful, I know. So thankfully that has never happen but since I'm not able to drive my car right now that might as well have happen. I am having the all time worst type of trouble a person can possible have with their car.......TRANSMISSION TROUBLE! My car has been acting a little sluggish when I first crank it up but after I really get into gear and start driving it, it does perfectly fine. So I figured everything was okay so I didn't think much about it. Then 2 weeks ago when I went home my brother told me there was a lot of oil underneath where I had parked my car and that I probably had a oil leak. Well I checked my oil and also starting making sure to look back at wherever I parked to see if there was any oil and there really wasn't any so once again I was stumped as to what was going on with my car. So I kept driving my car but just made sure to keep an eye on everything. So I was driving along one day ( I think I was headed to the thrift store) and the car started stalling so I pulled over into a parking lot and the car just wouldn't go. I couldn't reverse and I couldn't go forward. So at this point I'm still thinking it just an issue with my oil, so I get some oil out of the trunk put it in the car and I was able to go again. It was still acting a little sluggish but at least it was moving. So this whole time I'm just hoping and praying that its not my transmission because I know those type of repairs can be VERY costly and yeah....I'm not financially ready to embark on that type of venture right now, lol. So I decide to get the car checked out and I'm thinking well maybe all I need is a really good oil change. So I took it to a mechanic my friend Cloey told me about and he checked it out and said that I did have an oil leak and quoted me a price of $225 to fix it all. I didn't have that on me at the moment so I told him I would come back, I was okay with the price and that fact that all I had was a oil problem...or so I thought. This brings me to Wednesday of last week, I was getting ready to get in my car to go to work and....NOTHING. It wouldn't reverse, it wouldn't go forward, it wouldn't do nothing. I checked the oil and it was actually reading over full so I didn't want to put anymore in it. At this exact moment I realized that one of my worst car fears was coming true....I had a transmission problem. I checked the transmission oil and it was reading full as well, now I know that my transmission oil did need to be changed or flush because it was completely black but I didn't think I would just not be able to drive my car at all. So I called around to a couple of auto shops and they were all just saying that its my transmission and that I need it rebuilt or replaced whatever they call it and I'm thinking maybe just maybe it could be something else. Like I know its the transmission but maybe the WHOLE thing isn't bad and maybe there is a semi-smaller fix that can be done to it. Well I got the car towed to the shop Saturday and I'm just waiting now to hear back from them to see exactly what the problem is and how much its going to cost. Now this may not seem like a big deal to other people but for me....I hate HATE HATE! having car trouble. The repairs are always costly and sometimes you never really know whats wrong so you sometime ends up spending extra money on something you really didn't need to. I just hate it. I feel like a woman should never have to deal with car issues...NEVER!
Friday, July 13, 2012
Intro
So I've come to the conclusion that my life is a little bleak at the moment and that I am in dire need of some type of new hobby or interest. Hence this new blog. Tons of random stuff happen to everyone on the regular and also tons of random thoughts, ideas, and things are said to us everyday and that's basically what this is all about. Not everything in this blog is going to be random of course but I can guarantee that it will be entertaining to at least one person :) (myself not included). Also I would like to use this blog as an information source as well. People learn a lot from blogs, life experience, other people's life experience...the internet :). So I will share some of my knowledge of what little I know and have gone through with you and hopefully you will do the same. Everyday is a new day to learn something new. Take Advantage!
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