Oh, hey, you know what I forgot to tell you guys?

[apocalypsos]

Who wants to buy a used car? Because I was driving past the car dealership today and the Neon is on sale there for $3400.

Granted, as my mother put it when I wanted to sell it, it should be considered in good condition. It has maybe 80,000 miles on it, it has a new transmission, a new heater core, four almost brand-new tires, and I can only imagine that they had to have completely replaced whatever the hell kept locking up that rear wheel by now.

That said, I kinda want to stand in front of her and warn people away. "Don't buy her! She's evil! Her name is Christine! She'll eat your wallet! She likes to strand you in far-off locales! Everything else broke, so the only thing left to go wrong with her is for her to spontaneously go nuclear with her driver inside! RUN! RUN BEFORE SHE INVADES TOKYO! Also, she devours babies and immolates nuns. ALL WITH THE POWER OF HER EEEEEEVIL."

... did I mention I named the new car Princess Eeyore? Princess because she's my pretty shiny princess (emphasis on "my"), and Eeyore because she's gray. I filled her tank and she lasted the entire week without needing another fill-up, which the Neon always needed after four back-and-forth trips to work. Who's Mommy's big girl? Yes, it's my widdle Princess. :D (... yes, I babytalk to the car. Sue me.)

Comments

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Man, I'd do some kind of cleansing ceremony after driving past to make sure the curse didn't jump to the new car.

What are you driving now?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

A 2006 Chevy Cobalt. My brother's got a 2007, and when I asked him when the last time he brought his to the mechanic was, he was like, "Uh, never?" And when I went to my mechanic to pay on the heater core bill and showed him the new car he said, "Oh, those are great cars. I barely ever have to work on those." That was exactly what I wanted to hear. ;)

[cmattg.livejournal.com]

Does it have a perception filter on it?

Don't want to go around without one of those.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

They want $3400 for it? AHAHAHA. Good luck.

[secretbutterfly.livejournal.com]

It's ok, I called my first car "My precious," because it was gold and it was *mine*. :D

[lots42.livejournal.com]

One issue of Young Justice had Robin on a head on collision with a car full of nuns and fireworks.

[meril.livejournal.com]

I've been reading your blog for this long and I didn't realize that your Car from Hell was a NEON?

That explains everything.

/former Neon owner. Only because someone rear-ended me and the repairs were more expensive than the worth of the car.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Heh. Every time I would tell somebody about the car troubles and then tell them it was a Neon, they'd be all, "Ah. NOW I get it." Apparently telling people I bought a Cobalt elicits a much better reaction. :)

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

Heh. I had two Neons, which perhaps I would not have done if the first one hadn't gotten totaled at a young age. The second did last ten years, but by the end the instruments on the dashboard had failed to consistently work for years, a spark plug caused massive battery power drainage that it took a specialist to find, and half my paint was rusting off.

I like my Hyundai much better. :-)