So today started off pretty shitty. Before heading to work I decided to stop into my pharmacy to drop off a couple of prescriptions I had and ask the pharmacist a few questions. All which took less than ten minutes.
After I finished inside I walked into the parking lot to find a huge scratch and dent on my back driver side of the car. And as you may or may not know I got into a car accident and totaled my last car back in March, so seeing my newish used car damage upset me way more than it should have.
I took a couple of pictures of my car and walked into my pharmacy to see if they had security cameras that caught the accident. Unfortunately the camera outside of the pharmacy only covers the sidewalk in front of the building and the person who was parked next to me didn't pull out far enough to catch their license plate in the footage. We did see a woman walk out, who we think the car belonged to because of the direction she walked in, the timing of the car pulling out, etc. But because we don't have it on film there is nothing we can do in terms of that.
After talking to the pharmacy staff I went outside and called the cops to file a police report. The cop that came to the scene was really nice and tried to make me feel better.
So yeah, that was my morning. I was late to work because of it and now I have a major headache, as well as a stomach ache because because this bullshit stressed me out.
I hope everyone else is having a better Monday.
Showing posts with label My Car. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Car. Show all posts
September 26, 2016
March 17, 2015
Buying A New Used Car...
As I mentioned in my birthday post, I bought a new used car and here is how that all went down...
Back in December my 1998 Saturn SL2 started giving me a lot of trouble. It wasn't starting, it needed to be jump constantly, etc. So I finally decided that after almost twelve years of owning her that it was time to get rid of her because she wasn't worth all of the time and money I was pouring into her -- Yes, the Saturn was a she and she could be a fickle bitch. So that's when I started looking into different cars, loan options, etc.
After milling over my options I decided that the best course for me was to buy used and borrow some money against my retirement because it was already my money and I didn't have to insure the car a certain way because it was a bank's money. So after applying to borrow my own money and eventually receiving it, I started really looking for cars.
Initially I was looking for a 2012 or newer car, mainly a Honda Civic, with decent mileage (Mainly because I was terrified of getting a car that may or may not have been flooded during Hurricane Sandy) but the ones from the Honda dealerships were ridiculous priced and the dealer I dealt with at the one Honda I went to came off as an evil shady bitch -- Yes, I realize that most people who work in car dealerships are slime balls but still.
Eventually I decided to listen to my father who had been urging me to look at cars a few model years earlier than 2012 and we both searched online and car magazines until we found some acceptable options at Atlantic Volkswagen. So on my birthday my father and I went to the dealership to test drive some of the cars we had seen throughout our searches.
We greeted in a much nicer fashion than at the evil Honda dealership that I shall not name. And started dealing with a sales woman named Nadia who was extremely nice and helpful.
I went over exactly what I was looking for with her (Which to be honest with you wasn't much considering I was used to driving a 1998 Saturn with crank windows, a cassette deck and no AC), my budget and that I intended on paying for a car in cash.
She looked at what she had in stock in my price range (Which we knew about because we had done our research) and started looking at the cars in the lot.
I looked at a handful of cars that were just okay and then I started looking at a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta, which wasn't exactly what I had in mind but it was pretty nice looking so I took it for a test drive.
Unfortunately I didn't really care for the way it drove, so it was on to the next...
After deciding that the Jetta wasn't for me Nadia showed my father and I at 2008 Hyundai Elantra and since I liked the way it looked I took it for a spin.
I was much happier with the way that the Elantra drove and decided that it was the car for me. So we went back inside and begun the paperwork.
After dealing with all of the insurance, license plates and payment stuff I was the proud owner of a new used car that I couldn't take home just yet because it needed to be detailed -- Which I was cool with.
So two days later my car was detailed and I was able to pick it up.
And now I am the happy owner of a 2008 Hyundai Elantra, whose windshield I cracked driving on the LIE the day after I got the car and have since had fixed by Safelite. If anyone is interested about dealing with Safelite I can totally write a blog post about it.
Back in December my 1998 Saturn SL2 started giving me a lot of trouble. It wasn't starting, it needed to be jump constantly, etc. So I finally decided that after almost twelve years of owning her that it was time to get rid of her because she wasn't worth all of the time and money I was pouring into her -- Yes, the Saturn was a she and she could be a fickle bitch. So that's when I started looking into different cars, loan options, etc.
After milling over my options I decided that the best course for me was to buy used and borrow some money against my retirement because it was already my money and I didn't have to insure the car a certain way because it was a bank's money. So after applying to borrow my own money and eventually receiving it, I started really looking for cars.
Initially I was looking for a 2012 or newer car, mainly a Honda Civic, with decent mileage (Mainly because I was terrified of getting a car that may or may not have been flooded during Hurricane Sandy) but the ones from the Honda dealerships were ridiculous priced and the dealer I dealt with at the one Honda I went to came off as an evil shady bitch -- Yes, I realize that most people who work in car dealerships are slime balls but still.
Eventually I decided to listen to my father who had been urging me to look at cars a few model years earlier than 2012 and we both searched online and car magazines until we found some acceptable options at Atlantic Volkswagen. So on my birthday my father and I went to the dealership to test drive some of the cars we had seen throughout our searches.
I went over exactly what I was looking for with her (Which to be honest with you wasn't much considering I was used to driving a 1998 Saturn with crank windows, a cassette deck and no AC), my budget and that I intended on paying for a car in cash.
She looked at what she had in stock in my price range (Which we knew about because we had done our research) and started looking at the cars in the lot.
I looked at a handful of cars that were just okay and then I started looking at a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta, which wasn't exactly what I had in mind but it was pretty nice looking so I took it for a test drive.
After deciding that the Jetta wasn't for me Nadia showed my father and I at 2008 Hyundai Elantra and since I liked the way it looked I took it for a spin.
After dealing with all of the insurance, license plates and payment stuff I was the proud owner of a new used car that I couldn't take home just yet because it needed to be detailed -- Which I was cool with.
So two days later my car was detailed and I was able to pick it up.
October 6, 2012
Brooklyn & Blown Tires...
So, I went from having this really nice day yesterday to having a craptastic day. Let's start off with the pleasant portion of my day...
I spent the first part of my day in Brooklyn on a library field. I went to the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden with a handful of Librarians from around the county. We had a really nice laid back day walking around looking at art work and then what was left of the flowers, vegetables, herbs and trees at the botanical garden.
After being so proud of myself for making it back and forth from Brooklyn in one piece I stopped at my house, picked up my weekend bag and started to drive over to Justin's because he told me he'd drive me to work in the morning. As I'm driving I hear a weird noise through my music and notice that my car was driving funny, I pull over on the parkway and my driver side tire is completely flat. My tire blew out.
My first instinct is to call my father then my mother and then Justin. My father said he'd be right there (It happened relatively close to my house), so I started to clean out the trunk of my car which is full of crap so that he can get to the doughnut out and a big ass wasp flies into my car and is chilling near the rear window. He gets there and yells at me for taking all of the crap out my car not noticing that I was trying to be helpful and then he tries to put Fix-A-Flat in my tire as he proceeds to yell at me. He drives my car way, leaving me with his car which I can't drive because his car is a stick and eventually he walks back over to me and the car and drive over to my car. The Fix-A-Flat didn't work.
A few minutes later my mother shows up (She was driving home from work when I called her) and they start working on putting the kinda flat doughnut on my car. One thing leads to another and the next thing I know my parents are screaming at each other on the side of the parkway. It was a mess.
Eventually the doughnut is on, my father drive my car home, I drive my mother's car and she drive my dad's. I hop in the car with my father, we put air in the doughnut and head over to the closest Sears Auto Center because that is where I got my last full set of tires last September.
My father and I get there. The guy who works there asks to see my old tire. Tries to give us some crap about they have a four year road hazard warranty but I drove on it blah blah blah... We argue with him for a bit and got him to give me the same exact hundred and something dollar tire for fifteen dollars and change. Within forty-five minutes I have on a new tire and we go home, but the whole time we were there he chewed me out for calling my mother and so on.
When we got home I had a quick dinner, took a sleeping pill and went to bed at 9:30PM which is super early for me. It was a stressful day and I'm glad today is a new day.
I spent the first part of my day in Brooklyn on a library field. I went to the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden with a handful of Librarians from around the county. We had a really nice laid back day walking around looking at art work and then what was left of the flowers, vegetables, herbs and trees at the botanical garden.
After being so proud of myself for making it back and forth from Brooklyn in one piece I stopped at my house, picked up my weekend bag and started to drive over to Justin's because he told me he'd drive me to work in the morning. As I'm driving I hear a weird noise through my music and notice that my car was driving funny, I pull over on the parkway and my driver side tire is completely flat. My tire blew out.
My first instinct is to call my father then my mother and then Justin. My father said he'd be right there (It happened relatively close to my house), so I started to clean out the trunk of my car which is full of crap so that he can get to the doughnut out and a big ass wasp flies into my car and is chilling near the rear window. He gets there and yells at me for taking all of the crap out my car not noticing that I was trying to be helpful and then he tries to put Fix-A-Flat in my tire as he proceeds to yell at me. He drives my car way, leaving me with his car which I can't drive because his car is a stick and eventually he walks back over to me and the car and drive over to my car. The Fix-A-Flat didn't work.
A few minutes later my mother shows up (She was driving home from work when I called her) and they start working on putting the kinda flat doughnut on my car. One thing leads to another and the next thing I know my parents are screaming at each other on the side of the parkway. It was a mess.
Eventually the doughnut is on, my father drive my car home, I drive my mother's car and she drive my dad's. I hop in the car with my father, we put air in the doughnut and head over to the closest Sears Auto Center because that is where I got my last full set of tires last September.
My father and I get there. The guy who works there asks to see my old tire. Tries to give us some crap about they have a four year road hazard warranty but I drove on it blah blah blah... We argue with him for a bit and got him to give me the same exact hundred and something dollar tire for fifteen dollars and change. Within forty-five minutes I have on a new tire and we go home, but the whole time we were there he chewed me out for calling my mother and so on.
When we got home I had a quick dinner, took a sleeping pill and went to bed at 9:30PM which is super early for me. It was a stressful day and I'm glad today is a new day.
October 7, 2011
Thrift Store Shopping & Mexican Food...
After I got off from work my sister picked me up (My car was at the shop being fixed all day for a leak in my radiator or something) and we went to get Erin and Nicole so that we could go to a thrift store to see what they had and if they had anything good for Halloween. We spent a few hours in there looking at crap, I bought a few LPs (West Side Story soundtrack, Whitney Houston and Rick Astley -- So I can Rickroll people), a silk headscarf and a cassette of Jock Jams 4 which we listened to for the rest of the evening -- Best .49¢ ever spent! When we were done thrifting we headed over to our favorite Mexican restaurant and gorged ourselves on yumminess. We were all really tired after dinner so we dropped everyone off and went home. It was a lot of fun and I love seeing Ms. Nicole and her big pregnant belly. We'll have to do it again soon.
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