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Cars... Marketing... Satan.

If you remember... I was having a hard time figuring out what car to get... options from $10k used honda to a $28k entry level luxury car.  I finally decided to save $300 a month until my car dies.  Try to be a little more responsible practical, not bow down to the desires implanted by expert marketers and human nature.  I felt good about it.  

Today driving to the Dilly Deli for some coffee and granola on a one way street, I try to do a Uturn in the middle of the street. I was approaching a cop who had blocked the road off for some sort of organized run.  The poor little Honda has a terrible turning radius for such a small car... My passenger side front tire caught the small bump of a curb on the First Baptist Church's drive in... 45 seconds later, my car sounded and felt as if it was running on 2 cylendars.  WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!! I killed my lovely little trusty car??!!

I'm not going to put hundreds of dollars into it to fix it I don't think... maybe a few hundred, but not 700-800... Did the marketers do this to me? is this their trick to make me buy a new car? Satan get behind me. 

Boo.

dngilb

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