recent car activities

hey, just to get the ball rolling...

I had a car accident labour day long weekend. Nothing major, just hit a guard rail. At the time all it cost me was a new tire and rim. The rest was just cosmetics, I can live with that.

Last month, the alternator went in the van, got it replaced. But the van is still acting up, lights in dash flicker in time to engine vibrations.

A few weeks ago, the car sounded like it was about to take off (like a prop plane) as I speed up. Back to the mechanic, and had the wheel bearing replaced. Was told at that time the clutch is starting to slip... has now gotten to the point that I can't drive it because of it. Oh did I mention the driver's seat is so warped. It has started to give from the weight of my fat ass, again. I can't get the car fixed cause we're so broke, I can't afford the $1000 to get it done. Or the $200 to replace the seat at a wreckers.

So in the meantime we are using the van... guess what?, engine light is now a steady yellow on my dash... not to mention that the van uses more gas on our daily 80km round trip commute.