Brutus

first off, sorry Char. I know this is a long time in coming but it is now here. here is my update

about 3 weeks ago i decided to leave my job at Canadian tire and take a job that would take me out of town every day and would probably require me to have passengers. my wife, son, and I would also need to fit in it for short trips. i will at this time take a moment to tell you about the vehicular situation i found myself in .

#1 S10 hot rod (not running at this time)

#2 Mustang hot rod (only driven on special occasions)

#3 Durango (Mandy's truck used for Peter William)

#4 Nancy (Grand Marquis)(awesome for everything but costing $100.00 a WEEK in gas)

#5 Ford pickup (standard and only holds 2)

it was apparent at this time that some changes were required. I spoke to Mandy and she agreed that we were needing to do something. She also said (in so many words) that she was fine with whatever i chose and she trusts me. so i went to work scheming up a way to get another car that is dead reliable, automatic, big enough for a car seat and 2 adults but still get retarded good fuel millage. Now this isn't a problem if you have some money to buy a car but this was not the case with us. 2 semesters of school plus living in Calgary put us at the 0 to less category for car cash. we are doing fine but don't have much extra and i use what little we do have to pay off the people who keep me safe from the evil bubbles in my bathtub. (random fart joke for Becky) I had a small plan that might just work. What if i sold my truck and the Grand Marquis, take the money, convince a girl who absolutely does not want to sell her car to sell me her car, and fix it and drive it! and that's what I did.

to date i have replaced the drive axle, fixed the brakes, drained and filled the transmission twice (long, stupid story) fixed the rear locking cylinder, installed a new stereo, gave it an oil change, basic tune up and cleaned the heck out of it. i got $1700.00 for all the cars and i have now spent $1200.00 on the car including purchase price (also millions of hrs with labour) i still need to put on a new muffler and get an alignment. then it will be a dead reliable, automatic, big enough for a car seat and 2 adults but still get retarded good fuel millage, car.

Also the name is Brutus and it is a honkin Firefly!

sigh

how the mighty have fallen.

PS. my car is white with different hubcaps. they still suck but the hubcaps are different!