Mrs. Money’s recent post of how she bought a brand new car when she was 18 reminded me of the time I bought a real lemon of a car. I mentioned it once last year but I didn’t go into any details, and I thought you’d like to hear the story.

It was after my old 1983 Mercury Gran Marquis gave up the ghost.  I wasn’t sure what we were going … click here to continue reading Once Upon a Time I Bought a Lemon of a Car

A friend of mine has had her car for six years.  She paid for a service warranty to go along with it, and has had any work done for her car by the dealer. She’s only had to pay an extra two to three hundred out of pocket in repairs over the last few years.

Her original note was for seven years, and she just found out yesterday that the service … click here to continue reading I Bet She Will Buy a New Car

My 1996 Nissan Pathfinder has turned over to 300,000 miles!  AJ was with me when it rolled over and captured it on video.  This is the original engine and transmission.  I have had this vehicle since 2002 when we moved out here and needed a vehicle that could hold the four of us, and our dog, Hannah.  We also needed a vehicle that could manage towing 500 gallons of water … click here to continue reading My 1996 Nissan Pathfinder LE Passed 300,000 miles

Surprise from my hubby… back when he fixed the air conditioning on my vehicle… he bought another part that I’ve been doing without for more than a year.  His reasoning was we would have paid $110 for the blower assembly new, and since we saved $80, and since he was already at the junk yard… wouldn’t hurt to ask about it.

It’s the rolling down mechanism for the driver’s side window. … click here to continue reading I Can Finally Roll Down My Window

I wrote about how Mr. A had hooked up a switch for my car’s air conditioning. It worked great for a couple of weeks but then the switch stopped working. By that point I was feeling more comfortable with the new “setup” and was okay just hooking the two wires together. Then last week the fan stopped working, even when the wires were hooked together. The next day as … click here to continue reading My Hubby Fixed My Car A/C for $30!

You think you’ve replaced everything, only to find there’s more to replace.  I asked Mr. A if I should just cry uncle and take on a car payment. Sheesh!

My PF was doing this really scary rocking thing when I hit a bump, or had to take a curve on the freeway. We took it in and had it looked at. The mechanic thought he took care of the problem by … click here to continue reading Still More Repairs Needed on My Pathfinder

My 1996 Nissan Pathfinder has been a faithful and loyal friend for the past 6 years. It was six years old when we bought it, when we first moved out here. It had 78,000 miles on it when we bought it. It now has 258,000. We put an average of 30,000 miles a year onto this vehicle since we’ve had it.

I researched vehicles when we were moving out here. … click here to continue reading 258,000 Miles and Counting on my Nissan Pathfinder