Comments:

Barry - 2005-08-01 07:19:55
Aaaah-cars.All the mechanically challenged can do is nod knowingly when the mechanic says "y'know that pneumatic dichrolator valve??It was cracked"
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mekanick - 2005-08-01 08:11:57
unclebob, before you pay eight grand for a new infarculator coil, do yourself a favor and take it to a DEALERSHIP. technicians there are actually sent to school to work on their specific line of cars and might actually (gasp!) know what they are doing! although, come to think of it, knowing alabama as i do, you're probably still fucked...
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Barb - 2005-08-01 09:22:32
UB, good article in this latest People Magazine about bloggers getting fired from their jobs.....
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amanda - 2005-08-01 09:53:24
here's a worthless tidbit of knowledge for you..... the name Amanda means "beloved"- I think it suits your car perfect, because you loved it. it's your car, you can cry if you want to.
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Andy - 2005-08-01 10:07:13
Is this the same UB that has arguments with his wife over religion and if man has a spirit? Yet you're convincded that God was weeping over your POS Dodge? I'm dumbfounded.

Thankfully it wasn't the Johnson rod on the minivan. Christ, those things can run you $600 just to take out. You were lucky.
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Kara - 2005-08-01 11:35:56
It's all about leasing cars. By the time they start to go to shit, you just hand it right back into the dealership and get a new one. Or perhaps you could buy a tow truck as your second car. :)
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Mr. Answer Man, mon. - 2005-08-01 11:47:02
Uncle Bob, I think that you should return to the tow yard wearing a long, black topcoat and do your best John Cusak impersonation whilst holding the 12 disc CD changer over your head as it blasts out some '80's hair-band power ballad. Then the Mr. Goodwrench types will understand the depth of your angst and clap you manfully on the back as they file past with tears welling in their eyes. Yeah. That'll work.
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Mal - 2005-08-01 11:59:55
Hey, if I can call one of my guitars "Brian", you've got no qualms from me in calling your car Amanda! haha.
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Blue Meany - 2005-08-01 12:09:56
My car's name is Bruce, and I've been mourning him since I came to the desert and my husband let him rot. My solution to having a broken-down vehicle, though, is usually just to get rides from people, or walk, or ride a bike, or never ever leave my house again.
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Daisy - 2005-08-01 12:32:43
Sounds like you've got a serpentine belt (rather than a bunch of individual belts), and the tensioners were too loose (meaning the dumbass who replaced your belt could't be bothered to tighten them properly). They need to fix this for you for FREE. If they'd done it right the first time, this wouldn't have happened.
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Nance - 2005-08-01 14:15:57
I had a greiving period when I totally "Goldie" my Cavalier last year -- it was the first car I'd purchased completely and totally man-less (aka husband, b.f.) but got over it pretty quickly when I got my hands on Chammy, my 2003 Malibu that I paid the same price for that I'd bought Goldie--YESSSSS!!
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Nance - 2005-08-01 14:18:44
Ooops! I meant totalled (the first time) not totally.
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Nance - 2005-08-01 14:19:55
Oh yeah. . .11th, 12th and Lucky 13th!!
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DanjerusKurves - 2005-08-01 14:43:52
But... but.... what happened to the underage asian hooker? did you leave her dead and mangled body in the wrecked car rather than take it to a taxidermist to have it stuffed as a wedding anniversary gift for the wife???
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The Boy - 2005-08-01 14:50:55
Mr Answerman blasphemes "Say Anything"... that was no hair band!! that was Peter Gabriel.... I never met and Amanda I didn't like, and Nance... you rule
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stella - 2005-08-01 15:42:32
I just took Stewart, my lovely '93 Saturn, to the shop this morning. It sounds like dear Stewie is going to need his transmission replaced. Right when I'm leaving for vacation - TOMORROW MORNING. It's because I drive the decrepid four-cylinder like it's a v-8 Mustang or something. Oh well.
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awittykitty - 2005-08-01 15:55:46
I think we should start a support group for owners of stupid cars that constantly break down. I mean, my car runs over a grain of sand, and it stalls out. p.s. my car's name is stupid piece of shit.
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Mel - 2005-08-01 18:08:31
Kara: Leasing is quite possibly the stupidest way to buy a car. I mean, unless you like getting fucked. Then, yeah. Lease away!
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Northstar - 2005-08-01 18:59:44
My 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass was put to rest earlier this summer. And while I sympathize with everyone here who rages or vents about their shitty cars... walking blows.
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vitamin c - 2005-08-01 23:22:30
I know this is OT, but UB? Whats going on with Baby Matthew? Everything better now? Don't make a mom of two baby boys worry for this long! OH, awittykitty? Maybe if you changed your cars name to something nice it would stop breaking down! Something like Best F'ing Car Evah, or something.
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Tenshi - 2005-08-02 07:34:40
*tear* I have a '96 Intrepid.... *sobbing* Yesterday, the blahboblator thingamajig started leaking, and the garage wants me to pay $1,700 to fix this piece of shit that runs my air conditioning. Poor Bessie! (Ditto on the baby Matthew update.)
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Jenna - 2005-08-02 10:50:24
My Protege has lasted a long time even though I drive it rough. The brakes squeak all the time, what's up with that? I paid a shitload to get them fixed & they started squeaking again when gee my warrenty was up at the brake place! Lame! But it's about to get traded in for a Mazda3.
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fifi - 2005-08-02 13:12:48
We are leading parallel lives, in some way. Our 17 year old Volvo got taken to the scrapyard, minus its radio, which was given to the mechanic who had nursed it back to roadworthiness on many occasions. Then my husband thought we should photograph the car , as a memento. As I reached for my camera, a seagull deposited a massive shit on the car bonnet. we decided that it wpould be adding insult to injury, to take a picture.* Sigh*
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Drew - 2005-08-02 13:36:50
UB - I felt sorry for you until I read that your pooched car is a Dodge Intrepid. Dude, God did you such a favor - if it's got the word Dodge on it, it pretty much sucks s donkey dick. And I ain't one of "Calvin flipping the bird whilst pissing on a logo" sticker kinda guys... Now consider yourself warned and go buy yourself something real nice, Clark.
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Stardancer2001 - 2005-08-02 20:59:46
Time to get a new hooptie, Bob! Also, what's with your obsession with teenage Korean hookers? Just wanted to know....
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MrsSquidley - 2005-08-02 23:08:59
Wow man.. did you know you can get by in a pinch with either duct tape or a pair of pantyhose to get you to a garage if you throw a belt? ROFLMAO! Sorry... *snicker* I'm way too mechanical for a chick!
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