New Pissy Mobile

This may shock some of you, but I traded in the Beetle.

I KNOW!

I really didn't want to.....I loved that car...it was so ME!

But after you read my story I think you'll understand.

After I finally got my car back from Jack Ingram, it was fine for about a week.

The airbag light had been on for awhile,.....long before the storm, but I thought nothing of it....Little Pissy used to have a Beetle and lights were always on in the instrument cluster and it ran fine, etc.

Anyway, a week after I got it back, another light comes on. This one looks kinda like a "check engine" light, but it had something to do with the electrical system. And I'd start the car and it would die. I'd start it and it would die. Repeat about 5 times. Eventually, if I stepped on the gas while starting it, it would stay started. NOT good.

So we took it to our favorite local mechanic. He had it for two days. He ran diagnostics on it and consulted with the VW dealership in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. It was decided ...based on this consultation....that the Beetle needed an entirely new instrument cluster.

(I asked him if there was any way possible that Jack Ingram could have screwed it up, but he said no, damn it!)

Yeah. They thought the instrument cluster should be replaced.

and it would only cost around $300.00

But what if that wasn't what it was?

What if I got it down there (2 hours away) and it turned out to be something else....something that cost way more than $300.00?

I drove straight from the mechanic to the Honda dealership.

If you're still reading, I won't bore you with the details of negotiations....just rest assured that I had to go all "Jack Ingram" on them when they insulted me by telling me the Beetle was only worth $6000.00.

Uh...nah, dude.

Bluebook on it is $8,505.00.

I'll take it and have it repaired and sell it MYSELF before I let you have it for that.

That was Thursday.

Today they decided to see things my way and I got this:

'07 Honda Civic Coupe EX
40 mpg!!

These aren't the best pictures, I know.
But I wanted y'all to see my new cutie-cute car.
I think it's precious!

If you really want to see some good pictures of it.....click here

This makes the 6th Honda that we've owned....going back to the first one I bought in '92.

and no, I didn't use any of the money from the sale of the house to get the car.....I'll be making the payments on it, just like I did the Beetle.

Anybody need to have DNA testing done?

I have a new car to pay for now, ya know!