Of Cars and Such

July is the month of the car in the Speth home. Last year brought new tires and a pulmonary embolism with registration. This year was no less exciting, well maybe a little less since it didn't end with me in the hospital. It started with a windshield for the Civic, no biggie we were planning on that. The Taurus has been been very fussy and we were kind of dreading taking it in to get inspected. JD did, and surprisingly, it passed! We were joyous, but not for long. JD drove home and upon arriving home came to realize that the car was dumping large amounts of fluid all over the driveway. He drove back and unfortunately it wasn't a misplaced oil cap, but the transmission. The mechanic's ultimate bill of health was no driving over 40 miles per hour, no question; and the price tag to fix around $4700 since it is such an old car. Well, that isn't exactly worth it to us when he only paid $1000 for it in the first place. The pursuing weeks consisted of wonderful suggestions on facebook and the ultimate purchase of a 2007 Toyota Corrola from Kirsten Kemp, JD's childhood neighbor who was leaving for the MTC 3 days from when we decided to purchase it. So....we have a new car! We really love it, it was a good situation, and it is a good car so everyone won....except maybe our wallets. :)