Car, oh car!!!

Initially, I plan to take pictures of my car and post them on my blog, just for remembrance before I sell it off after I'm done with my internship. When I reach home, I try to bring out Joo's stuff from the passenger seats at the back just so that I can get a better picture later. The back doors are locked and I try to unlock by pushing a button at the driver's door...and WALLA!!! I hit the wrong one and instead I LOCK MY CAR!!!!

My ONLY car key, cell phone and purse are all locked up. Although I know it's useless, I try opening every door but they are all locked!!!

I get Joo out of the apartment to see if she has any idea to open the doors but she is clueless too. I try opening my trunk (the lock is broken) but there isn't any button that I can push to unlock my car.

After many unsuccessful attempts to open the car, I suddenly remember that the back seats of some cars can be opened from the inside. I try to examine my car from the trunk and conclude that the back seats can be opened too. I look at every possible angle to see if I can open the back seats from the trunk and finally, I see a spring which I can release to push back the back seat.

Finally, I manage to get back my keys by going through the trunk and my back seats.

Mind you, this is just one of the many experiences that I have had since I got this car and they are "wok wok sen sin wok wok gham".

It was not long ago that I had yet another dreadful experience.

Last Thursday, my car broke down and I had to send it for repair at Flint. I needed to move into Willowtree in the evening on the same day and of all time, my car chose the very day that I needed it to fail me. Well...it could still move, but there was a loud noice from the back and later it started to sway to the left and right of the road when I was driving on the highway.

Seriously, I was kind of afraid that I will lose control of the car but luckily I made it to Flint by driving slowly. Apparently, something in my brake drum wasn't greased properly and as a result, the surface was overheated and it became glazed. Also, the heat damage the brake ball bearings too. According to the mechanics, after a long time, all these reduced the brake efficiency and if I don't change my brake drums soon, the tires will fall off.

My guess is that the brakes were in a bad condition when I bought the car and the 2 hours a day driving plus the "driving without releasing hand brake" on Wednesday must have deteriorated my brakes.

Anyway, the repair cost my $400+ and since I need to wait for a day til they fix my car, I rented a car which add on another $60 to my loss of use.

Ouch!!! I guess this means less shopping for me....