a step forward in car purchasing.
I spent the last two nights watching a bit of Pride and Prejudice (the second disc) before passing out relatively early in the evening. What the hell? I'm not even getting my schoolwork done. Work has turned into paralysis--the customer, by which I mean Steve, is making requests for changes to functionality that doesn't even exist, so I can't do something at all without doing something wrong. As a result, I'm doing as little as possible at work--there are a lot of hours accounted for with testing--and, as the comments section shows, wasting considerable time on Slashdot.
We finally brought the previous car to my father's mechanic, who explained that (a) when the tire popped, the car fell on it and cracked the subframe, (b) the 'fixed' exhaust system was installed incorrectly, (c) the catalytic converter is busted, and (d) the transmission is busted. We're looking at about two grand in repairs here, which is more than the cost of a new car. So, I fired up craigslist and went out to look at a potential replacement car, which I found sitting next to the in-construction condo complex shown here. It's dented like hell, but there's no body rust on it. I drove it around, and found a few issues with it: the trunk doesn't stay up, the passenger door only opens from the inside, and there's a squeaky belt. The asking price was sixteen hundred; I offered fourteen; they took it readily. I should have started with a lower offer... but thanks, Bear, for telling me that i can actually make offers when buying cars. (This would be much more impressive if the ad hadn't explicitly said "or best offer".) Bah; it's still a step in the right direction in my car-buying skills. I'll be back in a day or two to pay them and pick up the car.
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