Over The Hill Gang , Old Farts with Young Cars

[RubyCamaro]

That sucks Ladybugsmom. Yeah, I like SSBUSDRVR's idea. If it were me, I'd hate putting good $ after bad for that thing. See what you can find out there for options I say. Hope you find a nice resolution to your transportation issue.

[Darth_Emma]

Well, poop! That is bad news, Ladybugsmom! Have you asked the dealer what they'll give you for it in trade as is?

[Ladybugsmom]

Originally Posted by SSBUSDRVR

Sorry to hear:( Was really hoping to hear better news from you. With the end of the year are there any dealerships offering push pull or tow trade ins.If you are going to have to pay that much to just fix it, you may be able to work something out to get it off your hands.

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

That sucks Ladybugsmom. Yeah, I like SSBUSDRVR's idea. If it were me, I'd hate putting good $ after bad for that thing. See what you can find out there for options I say. Hope you find a nice resolution to your transoprtation issue.

I test drove an Equinox last summer, was quoted $4000 as the trade-in value at that time. But I didn't want another car payment. Now I'm kicking myself. We discussed taking the $4400 and buying a used car, but with my luck lately, I would need repairs on that, too!

[lightning]

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

My luck SUCKS!!!! They got the tranny on the SUV torn apart, and there's a shitload more damage than originally thought. Final cost... Are you sitting down???? $4400!!!!! FML!!!! The damn thing isn't even WORTH $4400!!! My hubby coughed up some cash from his business account, so I won't have to send Christmas gifts back. I'm debating not fixing it, but what else can I do? I can't sell a broken vehicle, and if it won't go into drive, it's not worth anything on trade-in either...
Only Chevys from now on...

All that from an overheating radiator - man that's the pits. So sorry. Wish there were another alternative. Don't want you to have to drive LadyBug all winter.

[Ladybugsmom]

Originally Posted by lightning

All that from an overheating radiator - man that's the pits. So sorry. Wish there were another alternative. Don't want you to have to drive LadyBug all winter.

If the gauges wouldn't have fried when the temp gauge topped out, then I would have had a warning that the tranny temp was high, and wouldn't have driven it ... So the poor design (according to the techs at Mitsubishi, the gauge failure is common) is really the culprit. I wish I had some recourse at 109k miles...

At least it's Friday, and the weather has warmed up - it's above 40 before dawn!
When I stopped for gas last night, I chatted with a nice gentleman who was complimenting Ladybug... Driving her isn't REALLY that bad...

[dianeokie]

Happy Friday to all my friends on Camaro5!

Let's go to Indy!

[Ladybugsmom]

Looking into other options for the SUV today... Think I found a source for a used, warrantied tranny for only $1800... hopefully they have the right one in stock.

[hotrodsally]

It's Friday It's Friday It's Friday

Happy Friday All!

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

Looking into other options for the SUV today... Think I found a source for a used, warrantied tranny for only $1800... hopefully they have the right one in stock.

LBM, sounds like you might have another option in a salvaged transmission. Good luck.

[Ladybugsmom]

OMG. I'm getting jacked around on this tranny issue so bad. I want it towed somewhere else, and they're telling me the work is 90% done. They gave my huby the quote at 4pm yesterday - how ca it be 90% done? Aaaarrrrrrggggghhhh!

[race29]

Awesome!

[race29]

Hi All! Happy Friday! Been a while it's been crazy busy and no time to play online. Hope you are all doing well and are not stressing getting ready for Christmas.

[race29]

Originally Posted by lightning

I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid.

I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that!"

My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her "world-famous" cinnamon buns. I knew they were world-famous, because Grandma said so. It had to be true.

Grandma was home, and the buns were still warm. Between bites, I told her everything. She was ready for me. "No Santa Claus?" she snorted...."Ridiculous! Don't believe it. That rumor has been going around for years, and it makes me mad, plain mad!! Now, put on your coat, and let's go."

"Go? Go where, Grandma?" I asked. I hadn't even finished my second world-famous cinnamon bun. "Where" turned out to be Kerby's General Store, the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything. As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars. That was a bundle in those days. "Take this money," she said, "and buy something for someone who needs it. I'll wait for you in the car." Then she turned and walked out of Kerby's.

I was only eight years old. I'd often gone shopping with my mother, but never had I shopped for anything all by myself. The store seemed big and crowded, full of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping.

For a few moments I just stood there, confused, clutching that ten-dollar bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for.

I thought of everybody I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors, the kids at school, the people who went to my church.

I was just about thought out, when I suddenly thought of Bobby Decker. He was a kid with bad breath and messy hair, and he sat right behind me in Mrs. Pollock's grade-two class. Bobby Decker didn't have a coat. I knew that because he never went out to recess during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, but all we kids knew that Bobby Decker didn't have a cough; he didn't have a good coat. I fingered the ten-dollar bill with growing excitement. I would buy Bobby Decker a coat!

I settled on a red corduroy one that had a hood to it. It looked real warm, and he would like that.

"Is this a Christmas present for someone?" the lady behind the counter asked kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down. "Yes, ma'am," I replied shyly. "It's for Bobby."

The nice lady smiled at me, as I told her about how Bobby really needed a good winter coat. I didn't get any change, but she put the coat in a bag, smiled again, and wished me a Merry Christmas.

That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat (a little tag fell out of the coat, and Grandma tucked it in her Bible) in Christmas paper and ribbons and wrote, "To Bobby, From Santa Claus" on it.

Grandma said that Santa always insisted on secrecy. Then she drove me over to Bobby Decker's house, explaining as we went that I was now and forever officially, one of Santa's helpers.

Grandma parked down the street from Bobby's house, and she and I crept noiselessly and hid in the bushes by his front walk. Then Grandma gave me a nudge. "All right, Santa Claus," she whispered, "get going."

I took a deep breath, dashed for his front door, threw the present down on his step, pounded his door and flew back to the safety of the bushes and Grandma.

Together we waited breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobby.

Fifty years haven't dimmed the thrill of those moments spent shivering, beside my Grandma, in Bobby Decker's bushes. That night, I realized that those awful rumors about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said they were -- ridiculous. Santa was alive and well, and we were on his team.

I still have the Bible, with the coat tag tucked inside: $19.95.


May you always have LOVE to share,

HEALTH to spare and FRIENDS that care...

And may you always believe in the magic of Santa Claus!

Ok now that is truly the meaning of Christmas! Thanks for sharing. I was scrolling thru to see bits of what I've missed. AWESOME!

[Darth_Emma]

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

OMG. I'm getting jacked around on this tranny issue so bad. I want it towed somewhere else, and they're telling me the work is 90% done. They gave my huby the quote at 4pm yesterday - how ca it be 90% done? Aaaarrrrrrggggghhhh!

Did you sign the work order? If not, I don't think you have to pay for work you didn't sign off on.

[Ladybugsmom]

Originally Posted by Darth_Emma

Did you sign the work order? If not, I don't think you have to pay for work you didn't sign off on.

They said hubby gave them verbal ok. If "holy shit" means yes, then he did... After much yelling at the guy, going back and forth with calls to other shops, etc, I got him to bring the price down to $3500. Still not cheap, but what I would pay after giving them labor costs for the diagnosis and then taking it somewhere else and starting over.