22
Oct 2008
Given the recent headlines, you may think that this is going to be a post on the economic crisis that our country is facing. Well, you’re wrong. However, what I say in this post can be related to the problems that our economic and housing sectors are going through because the root problems are the same: greed and corruption.
I actually want to give everyone a follow-up on our recent car situation. You may remember that our Dodge Colt finally died and that we had to buy a new car. If you remember those facts, then you probably also remember how the fine folks at Auction Direct in Clearfield made a very valiant effort to screw us over. At the time, it looked as though our returning the Nissan Maxima was the end of the story but it actually wasn’t.
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Category: Cars, Holly, Jeremiah
Tags: Auction Direct, auto dealer review, car, Clearfield, corruption, dealership, Dodge Colt, fraud, greed, Holly, jerk, verbal contracts, written contract
14
Sep 2008
After the ordeal last week with our Dodge Colt, we decided to go out and buy a new car so that I don’t need to freeze as I ride my scooter in colder weather. I hate buying cars. Every car that I’ve ever bought from a private party has had problems within the first month that took hundreds of dollars to repair and going to dealerships usually involves a feeling of being severely ripped off.
I started looking at cars on a few different websites Wednesday morning and found one that I thought would work for us. Holly picked me up from work that night and we drove to check it out at a place called Totally Awesome Cars. That name in and of itself is very funny because there was absolutely nothing that was “totally awesome” about any of their cars.
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Category: Cars
Tags: Cars, Cavalier, Clearfield, dealership, Dodge Colt, employee, Holly, Kaysville, Maxima, Saturn, Seinfeld, test drive
09
Sep 2008
I think that I’m dying. As I type this, I can barely breathe, my chest hurts, I’m sweating profusely, and I want to go lie down. No, I’m not sick. I’m just physically exhausted from pushing our car half a mile to our house. This is probably confusing to you so let me start at the beginning.
Our 1994 Dodge Colt has 198,000+ miles on it and has been trying to completely die on us for the last few years. We’ve managed to keep it going by replacing the clutch, transmission, fuel pump, and distributor. Over the past few months, the car has been able to drive shorter and shorter distances each time we take it anywhere. This hasn’t been too big of a deal because the weather has been warm meaning that I could drive my scooter. Now that it’s getting colder in the mornings though, I’ve been wanting to be able to feel my fingers when I get to the office. Yesterday I drove the car into work knowing full well that I might not get home. I was right. It died half a mile from the house.
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Category: Cars, Jeremiah
Tags: blue book value, car, clutch, distributor, Dodge Colt, fuel pump, Holly, House, scooter, traffic, transmission, Work
