Fresh

Typical behavior. I have not touched my "blog" since my first post. Well that's going to change! :)



So I am going to start over fresh. My life. Well, more like the tangible things in my life. I am a hoarder. I like to buy things and keep them and hoarde them and look at them. My lease is up July 26, I'm going to Miami with Vipul while he does his 6 week Pediatrics rotation there, and in the middle of that I am leaving for my service-learning trip in South America. When I come back, I'm going to wing it. I might stay with Vipul a little longer, maybe come back to KC, or go live with my parents in OC so I won't have to pay rent, the reason for me working. I don't like to go to work :(


Obviously I'll still try to find a part time job or Something within all of this, but I'll probably take another course to get me prepared for med school, and I really really miss dance so I'm going to try and find a studio, learn the guitar, learn French, learn to skateboard, etc etc.



The climax of this blog is... I'm selling me car!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will be car free for at least 1 month!!!!!!!!! And I am SO excited. Here's why.


I hate driving. It is a pain, especially with bad traffic, bad drivers, and bad road design. (aka KC)



I hate driving in the hot sun. It is hot and uncomfortable. I hate finding parking. I hate having to stop and get gas. I hate sitting in those seats. I get carsick and claustrophobic. Oh I wish I could apparate like Harry Potter. Also:




1) I drove my BMW around for a few weeks in KC with a tag that expired 6 months ago. I had no idea because I hardly used my car in college. I was pulled over by highway patrol. Awesome. So I had to take my Oklahoma tag, and change it to a Kansas tag. I had to also get my car inspected first. Then I had to pay the hundreds and hundreds of $$. Remember, I now also have a job where I have to work from 8-4:30. What time is the DMV and inspector station open? 7-5. In the opposite direction of work.


2) My tag was only good for a few more months until everyone had to renew their tags again. So I had to go back to the DMV and renew it in November. It seemed like EVERYONE was there. That was fun. Oh and the $$.



3) I went to Cali for Thanksgiving. The day before I came back, it apparently snowed a little and was cold. When I was driving from the airport after getting Vipul, we were going to pick Conner up. I slid on black ice and my rear wheel drive car completely went crazy and uncontrollable. The computer system locked it up, I couldn't brake I couldn't accelerate and the steering wheel was loco! Thank God there wasn't incoming traffic, we were totally in their lanes. And then we slammed headon into the metal railling right after the highway bridge. Thought we were surely to die!! Actually since BMWs are made with so much steel and metal, we were fine. The front of the car looked almost great actually, but the windshield cracked the airbags employed. Since the airbags are like $800 each, and all the other small things wrong, this car was considered "totaled". Great because my dad cancelled my collision insurance a few months back.


4) oh man I need to take a break. and I'm hungry too. :(


5) Okay so everything stupid and wrong that can happen does in my life. I didn't have my current AAA card so they couldn't find me in the system and tow it. It was FREEEZING cold and everything was a whirlwind. So Vipul was trying to get his to do it, and the POlice ugh was saying we had to get it towed off the road (side of the road) or she'll have to call and do it. IDIOT. Why? (why not) Mostly because since we finally called a towing company they recommended, it was a private call. Therefore, they were able to charge me like $275 or $350 or something to tow it TWO miles (plus then they lied and said 4 but it's still NOT a lot). Had the dumb bitch 50 called, they would only legally be able to charge me about $75. So I tried to get that dealed with but no avail. Just another added slice of cake on my life.


6) Sold the car, pretty cheap to a mechanic. I never transferred the tag and he gave it to his friend who drove it to Cali so hopefully his friend won't commit a deep crime. I need to go to the DMV sometime AGAIn.


7) Bought my current Volvo. Had to visit the DMV again to pay the taxes and fees on the tag and title. $$$$$. I got a nice nice tax return back (fed govt paid me 50 cents this year!) but I gave it ALL to my parents who paid for this Volvo.



8) The passenger front window stopped working. It eventually fell all the way down. So I took it to some places had it looked at. The regulator motor thing in the door broke. So I got a used part and had them put it in for me. I was there for houuurs. They could not get it. So I came back the next week and waiting again for HoouUURs. STILL didn't work, and then he ended up cracking a bit of the window in the bottom corner. So they ordered another part and I need to STILL go in and have them put it in. HEADACHE. ps They are located in the opposite side of town by the stadium or some ghetto ness!


9) One day, I went to go to work, and my car would not get faster than 5 miles an hour. GOD I HATE CARS. I truly want to move to San Diego and just ride a bike around. THANK god I don't have to pay for my own insurance too bc I would be mad like all the time. Anyway, so I called some places, Volvo charges $110/hr just for labor, so no. Took it to midas and they were wooonderful and even took me to work and then brought me back in time so I could go to my doctor's appt. It still cost $600+ bc my actuator failed. It's an electronic part that just sometimes decides it's reached the end of its life. At least it wasn't the motor.



10) Yes, there is more. Now my low beam headlights are no working. The fuses look fine, the bulbs look great. And both of them are out. Volvo and Auto parts store told me to replace the bulbs but I don't think that's it. I looked on the net and other people had this problem too.


Anyway, I'm so terribly done with cars. Plus I could use the money for my trip and for paying rent and etc when I come back. Oh and to buy a cheap possibly not European car bc their parts are expensive! But then it has to be a convertible bc I have LIKE it for some reason or another.


So if you know anyone that wants a SAFE, LUXURIOUS, EUROPEAN car in great running order, it really is a nice car.




2003

Blue

Engine: 5Cyl. 2.4L Turbo
Drivetrain: FWD
Transmission: Automatic
Mileage: 127914


Air Conditioning F&R Side Air Bags Power Steering Power Windows Traction Control Power Door Locks Leather Sunroof Tilt Wheel Dual Power Seat Cruise Control AM/FM Stereo Single Compact Disc Dual Front Air Bags Front Side Air Bags


$8999 willing to negotiate