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borked

let us look at the evidence.

• our new(ish) doge neon.

  last saturday the clutch quit working, almost like the cable snapped (even though i know they dont use cables in the newer models, thats what it felt like). the clutch randomly bounced around and when we pulled over the car was stuck in neutral. we towed it to the husbands work with my brothers tow rope (highly illegal) and called for the tow truck. it was a bit colder than negative 40 degrees (fahrenheit) and our ears tingled a bright red all night long.

  we already had an appointment scheduled at the dodge dealer to fix an oil leak on wednesday, so the clutch problem was just added to the list.

  turns out the master cylindar decided to jump ship which caused the leak and the clutch failure, which means its all covered under warranty. they had to order parts and we wont get it until tuesday at the earliest.

• [ii] our isuzu rodeo.

  the weekend the neons clutch went out, the transmission light in the rodeo started blinking and the transmission was losing its mind. it had a huge identity crisis all week long. its an automatic. 'low' believed itself to be first gear (good), 'second' believed itself to be third, and 'drive' thought it was fourth. which made driving fun.

  we got an appointment for it on friday, but they were unable to get to it that day (what is the point of making an appointment if there is a completely random chance that the mechanic will be able to get the vehicle into the shop?). hopefully tomorrow they can get it in.

• [iii] my boss's chevy blazer.

  my boss was kind enough to lend us his behemouth blazer for the weekend. friday after work it wouldnt start. i got a jump and it started immediately, almost like it didnt really need the jump. i drove around all friday night and left the car running while not in it because it was cold out and the car wasnt warming up right.

  saturday morning it wouldnt start. i hung out with my brother saturday afternoon and borrowed his battery charger. i hooked up the charger sunday afternoon to get to church and it acted strange. my brother came and gave it a jump but still it would not start.

three cars in our possession all rendered unusable within the past week. and its not like we can just walk to where we need to go - not at twenty and thirty below zero. we are back to bumming rides to work.

its enough to make me want to cry.