Tales From The Driver's Seat

I have THE WORST car luck... I mean horrible, and awful and far worse than any one person should have to deal with!! After so many problems, my grandpa teasingly said I could write a book!!

So with a few new and recent problems, I thought I would start at the beginning!

CHAPTER 1: Amanda and the Terrible Taurus My first car! That I would jokingly say I got from the Tooth Fairy, because I got it not not long after I had my wisdom teeth taken out!! This car wasn't horrible ALL of the time.... but it definitely was a pain MUCH of the time!!

I cannot even recall all of the times I broke down in the car, because it literally happened to many times to count! I broke down on the way to a play, in Logan, in the freezing winter time, and had people behind me honking because I wouldn't move (yeah.... like I wanted to sit there in the middle of the road). I don't know exactly what happened, but I do remember calling my dad, crying! I also broke down on the freeway, during rush hour traffic, of course, and my grandpa and uncle and to come and rescue me. It also overheated so badly while I was in Logan that I couldn't drive it and then my poor neighbor had to come and tow me back to my apartment!

And speaking of overheating........... there were SO many times I had drive in the super hot summer time WITH THE HEATER ON!! It was horrible!! All four windows would be down but it didn't make a difference!! My poor friends that had to put up with it!! Sorry guys!! You were troopers!! Other "fun" Taurus memories: the first time I ever ran out of gas was in that car, my first flat tire was on the car, I got pulled over for drunk driving in that car, and I locked myself out of it SO many times!!! The rubber stuff around the windows was bad (after shoving multiple hangers down, trying to unlock the doors) and water would literally gush in and soak my left side if I ever went through the car wash. And the stupid trunk!!

At some point, the trunk latch thing stopped working. I would be driving down the road, and it would just fly open!! I got very good and making quick, short stops, and slamming it closed!! I was pretty impressed with myself!! But it got worse and worse!! I would have to SLAM it shut over and over and over!! One day, after a long day at work (at Discover Card), I slammed the trunk so hard, because I was SO mad, that I broke the top of the tail light!! Oops!!

CHAPTER 2: Amanda and Bonne

After the Taurus came the Pontiac Bonneville. I WAS NOT excited about driving this car. It had belonged to my grandpa and all I saw when I looked at it was and old person boat!! It seemed so long, and so boxy and I REALLY didn't want to drive it!! But the air conditioning had long since been dead the Taurus and I was tired of melting in the summer, so the thought of nice cool air finally made me cave.

This car honestly wasn't to bad. Actually, I don't think I even really broke down in it (although I did come VERY close on my 23rd birthday when it over heated big time). But I did get hit in the car... maybe that's why the memories are not so happy!! The first time was on a winter day!! I'm sure I blogged about it when it happened, so I wont bore you with that part of the story again, but it was not fun!! I was so scared and I'm pretty sure that is what solidified my fear of winter driving!! Luckily it wasn't a bad accident!! The only damage was a broken tail light and some scrapes on the bumper. Poor Bonne!!I also got hit (twice) while doing and ice cream run for work!! Again, it was not a bad accident, just some more bumper damage. The worst thing that happened with this car...... the blinkers died!! I could not signal lane changes and it was awful, especially since I had to drive on the freeway to get to the U of U!! Lots and lots of people honked at me!! And I was constantly worried about getting pulled over!! Not fun! But I did learn the hand signals for lane changes and had some compassion (for awhile) for people who cut me off without signaling.... maybe theirs was broken too!! The windows were also weird on that car!! They could go down....... but it could be a nightmare trying to get them back up!! On the drivers side you could pull on it and it would come up. But when the passenger side would get stuck, there was no moving it!! You'd have to move it up inch by inch over a long period of time!! Toward the end of my driving it, the air/heat started to act funny. It wasn't blowing out the vents, and would take 30 minutes to heat up or cool down!! I couldn't take it!! So............

TO BE CONTINUED....................................