So, after about 3-4 weeks (my math is probably a little off) of waiting, praying and trying not to worry we've finally found a car. It's a little black '95 Ford Contour, and a little bit of a fixer-upper. It's not too much to look at--seeing as it used to be purple and somebody gave it a custom paint job, window tints and a couple other "improvements".
We couldn't be happier though. It came with new tires and new brakes. It also runs great and we got $1000 off the original price!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
The Day the Buick Died
Well, I guess it had to happen sometime--I just wish it wouldn't have happened now.
We were driving home from school, nothing too out of the ordinary, when we rounded the corner coming in to our apartment parking lot. Tiffany was driving and all of a sudden we hear a big snap. We lost all steering, but luckily we weren't near any cars or buildings. Tiffany was able to stop the car and we both looked at each other wondering what do do next. We tried turning the wheel again and noticed quickly that it wasn't giving any resistance, it just spun freely.
Long story short, the reason we lost our steering was because our engine practically fell out on the ground. Yep. The back two brackets holding in the engine rusted and gave out at the same time--looks like good old Illinois weather got the best of us. I snapped a few pictures while I was out, if you want to see them you can go to this link:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=373847&l=df2d0&id=1151340017
John from Menz towing told us that this isn't the first GM that he's seen this happen to. Apparently it's a known problem with the design, there just aren't enough instances of this happening for a safety recall. I'm just glad we weren't barreling down I-80 when this happened.
Anyway, thanks for everyone's support and prayers... looks like we've got some car shopping to do.
We were driving home from school, nothing too out of the ordinary, when we rounded the corner coming in to our apartment parking lot. Tiffany was driving and all of a sudden we hear a big snap. We lost all steering, but luckily we weren't near any cars or buildings. Tiffany was able to stop the car and we both looked at each other wondering what do do next. We tried turning the wheel again and noticed quickly that it wasn't giving any resistance, it just spun freely.
Long story short, the reason we lost our steering was because our engine practically fell out on the ground. Yep. The back two brackets holding in the engine rusted and gave out at the same time--looks like good old Illinois weather got the best of us. I snapped a few pictures while I was out, if you want to see them you can go to this link:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=373847&l=df2d0&id=1151340017
John from Menz towing told us that this isn't the first GM that he's seen this happen to. Apparently it's a known problem with the design, there just aren't enough instances of this happening for a safety recall. I'm just glad we weren't barreling down I-80 when this happened.
Anyway, thanks for everyone's support and prayers... looks like we've got some car shopping to do.
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