greenfreak
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So the day before Thanksgiving I find out I got a promotion I was going for at work. I used to do pc repair, now I'm going to be the junior network administrator. A dream job, to be sure. I've been on Cloud 9 ever since, excited at the thought of starting my new job and all the perks that go along with it.
I was talking to someone the same night and said, "Things are too good. I'm just waiting for something bad to happen."
Last night, while driving the 50 miles to my sister's house for Thanksgiving, my transmission in my car blew. It would still run, it would just BANG into gear whenever the car shifted. If I drove slow and was careful, I could avoid the bang.
When I left at the end of the night, I thought if I just took it easy, I could make it home and then get it fixed today or tomorrow in my area. Wrong. I got maybe 4 exits when all of a sudden the car shifted into a lower gear and I couldn't accelerate anymore. Each time I pressed the gas, even a little, the tach would rev up to 7000 RPMs. I had enough time and room to pull over on the side. Thankfully, my brother was following me and it happened right at my parent's exit so I didn't have far to go to leave it in a safe place. I couldn't go above 20mph, it just won't shift anymore.
My parents are taking care of the repair with a guy they know. I got a quote for $1300. to replace the whole damn thing. With my new job and the different hours I'm going to be working, Rusty and I were talking about getting a new car for me anyway. I would give him my car and we'd have two to drive to work.
We were planning on paying off my credit cards before we get the new car but that doesn't look possible now. Add the repair bill, a few days of a rental car, downpayment & monthly payments on a new car and the cost Rusty's going to be paying for insurance, and we're not in great shape anymore. Looks like the extra money I'm going to be making with this new job is already spent.
I'll be looking on the bright side of all this later, I'm sure. I'm just a little bummed right now. *sigh*
I was talking to someone the same night and said, "Things are too good. I'm just waiting for something bad to happen."
Last night, while driving the 50 miles to my sister's house for Thanksgiving, my transmission in my car blew. It would still run, it would just BANG into gear whenever the car shifted. If I drove slow and was careful, I could avoid the bang.
When I left at the end of the night, I thought if I just took it easy, I could make it home and then get it fixed today or tomorrow in my area. Wrong. I got maybe 4 exits when all of a sudden the car shifted into a lower gear and I couldn't accelerate anymore. Each time I pressed the gas, even a little, the tach would rev up to 7000 RPMs. I had enough time and room to pull over on the side. Thankfully, my brother was following me and it happened right at my parent's exit so I didn't have far to go to leave it in a safe place. I couldn't go above 20mph, it just won't shift anymore.
My parents are taking care of the repair with a guy they know. I got a quote for $1300. to replace the whole damn thing. With my new job and the different hours I'm going to be working, Rusty and I were talking about getting a new car for me anyway. I would give him my car and we'd have two to drive to work.
We were planning on paying off my credit cards before we get the new car but that doesn't look possible now. Add the repair bill, a few days of a rental car, downpayment & monthly payments on a new car and the cost Rusty's going to be paying for insurance, and we're not in great shape anymore. Looks like the extra money I'm going to be making with this new job is already spent.
I'll be looking on the bright side of all this later, I'm sure. I'm just a little bummed right now. *sigh*