Like a lot of people I need a car for work.
You put money aside for repairs, MOT, tax etc (if you can) but the bloody car always wants to eat into any other money you managed to save.
I have just spent 6 months tax on it, 3.5 months to go on the MOT but oh no....it cannot wait until then when I was planning to buy a smaller one anyway.....it has to mess up now.
Imagine driving around a roundabout when you suddenly lose power, pressing the accelerator and the car is just dying, a car looming up behind you, frantically looking for the hazard brakes.
Just about managed to pull up onto a kerb to let cars pass. A few minutes later the engine starts up normal as you please.
Now Im scared to go in it. So now, most of the money I had saved that was helping me feel a bit more secure is going to have to be spent on another heap of money guzzling metal. Grrrrrrr. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.!
I suppose at least I had the money put aside. :/
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You managed to save some money and the car sucks it all up!
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Allofaflumble · 06/01/2014 16:42
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