Farewell to my car, and Gencon question revisited.

[hwango]

I took my car in for some repair work today, and they reviewed what else is wrong with it...and it's not worth doing the work they had planned to do. I might need a new transmission ($1800). I might need a new catalytic converter ($400). I definitely need $600 of ball joints, sensors, and other junk. The car is probably worth less than $2000, though, so it makes more sense to bid farewell to the Engine of Doom and get another car.

This puts new emphasis on the whole Gencon or Not question. Do I not go because it's several hundred dollars that I should save for a car, or do I scramble like a crazy person to assemble a porfolio of doom and head to Gencon because more than ever I need to get going on this Artist as a Career thing, and this is a useful step?

Also, this means I'm once again open to suggestions for a good, reliable car to replace my dying lump of garbage.

Comments

[krzzl.livejournal.com]

Obviously, I can totally sympathize with the car woes. I can help you start researching this weekend if you want.

I had a copy of the Intellichoice guide from the library when I bought my car, which is really good in terms of comparing models and includes an estimate of total cost of ownership. There's also a ton of stuff on intellichoice.com. I also had a subscription to the online consumer reports for the month or two that I was looking, and I think that's where I got the high-theft list info. (though my car has moved up since I got it)

[tankhangen.livejournal.com]

I don't know what I was thinking before. I will just win the lottery and buy you a car! Sometimes I can be so dumb, I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner.

[hwango.livejournal.com]

I fully support this plan. Win big.