Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Lost: A Car, answers to the name Altima
So now that my car is gone I am wondering where to go from here. Right now my insurance company is giving me a rental car until they process the claim. They have put their investigator on the case since the government has one of their investigators on it as well. I don't know what anyone can do though. It is gone. I keep on thinking my car is getting fixed in the shop and that is why I am driving a rental. The reality is, it ain't coming back. Maybe I could post some signs around work- Lost Car, answers to the name of Altima. It is kind of like a lost pet, except way more valuable.
The final program has yet to be ran. It was a 2008 Altima that I owed over 18K on. The insurance company will end up giving me the value of what they think the car is worth. Blue book has 17-19K. So it may all be a wash, hopefully. In the end I may no longer have payments, but I won't have a car as well. I am not ready to go and buy a new car. After this whole house fiasco I don't have a down payment on one. I just want my old car back. So what should I do? Right now I am definitely leaning towards driving my mom's van. It has 200K miles, 4 wheels and an air conditioner and is just sitting there. I've also thought about selling my guitar amp to get a cheap used car. I don't know. I do know that I wouldn't trust a junker to work with a baby in the car so we are going to use Holly's car for all baby transportation. Of course, her car is a lease and we have to watch the miles on it. There's always something.
I have had some good cars in my life. I remember in college my Grandpa gave me my grandma's Cadillac. The Caddy as all my friends called it. It was a big boat of a car that was pleasant to drive. It had a huge engine, but was sluggish cause it was made of solid metal. We went on many a road trip in the Caddy. When that died I got an Eclipse. This was the opposite of the Caddy. It was small and zippy. I drove that till it died. Then came the string of PT Cruisers. I loved the PT. I think the 2001 and 2003 PT cruiser will become a classic car. But the Altima. What can I say. It is the best car I have owned. It had so many gadgets, like GPS, Bluetooth Phone, Voice Recognition, Rear Camera, XM Radio and even heated seats. It was the perfect car. I joke that I am going to get a junker and put lo-jack on it. That may be closer to the truth than I realize.
The final program has yet to be ran. It was a 2008 Altima that I owed over 18K on. The insurance company will end up giving me the value of what they think the car is worth. Blue book has 17-19K. So it may all be a wash, hopefully. In the end I may no longer have payments, but I won't have a car as well. I am not ready to go and buy a new car. After this whole house fiasco I don't have a down payment on one. I just want my old car back. So what should I do? Right now I am definitely leaning towards driving my mom's van. It has 200K miles, 4 wheels and an air conditioner and is just sitting there. I've also thought about selling my guitar amp to get a cheap used car. I don't know. I do know that I wouldn't trust a junker to work with a baby in the car so we are going to use Holly's car for all baby transportation. Of course, her car is a lease and we have to watch the miles on it. There's always something.
I have had some good cars in my life. I remember in college my Grandpa gave me my grandma's Cadillac. The Caddy as all my friends called it. It was a big boat of a car that was pleasant to drive. It had a huge engine, but was sluggish cause it was made of solid metal. We went on many a road trip in the Caddy. When that died I got an Eclipse. This was the opposite of the Caddy. It was small and zippy. I drove that till it died. Then came the string of PT Cruisers. I loved the PT. I think the 2001 and 2003 PT cruiser will become a classic car. But the Altima. What can I say. It is the best car I have owned. It had so many gadgets, like GPS, Bluetooth Phone, Voice Recognition, Rear Camera, XM Radio and even heated seats. It was the perfect car. I joke that I am going to get a junker and put lo-jack on it. That may be closer to the truth than I realize.
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