Big Pimpin', Spendin' Cheese

Change never comes without problems. If it did, we wouldn't try to avoid it as much as possible. This time is proving to be no different. It's treating me like its little prison bitch. I'm the new fish on the block and its screaming "Fresh Meat!" at me. Why does it have to be so ruthless?

Man up Rob! Don't Cry!

*Deep Breath*

Actually it hasn't brought me to tears yet. I'm just walking around with a donut pillow for when I sit down.

Back in April, we sold our beater truck. I used the truck as my daily driver and hauling around my dirt bikes. Well, it had about 316,000 miles on the original motor and was due for inspection. Last year, our mechanic did everything in their power to get it to pass the emission test. This year it wouldn't have passed, so we got rid of it instead of dumping cash into it for a rebuild. That left us with 1 Car and my beater Honda CM400E. Not bad, cause I like riding me some motorcycles. Shortly after we left for vacation. When we came back the CM400E was sitting in its own fluids. Quite nasty really. So that sat on the sidelines while I ordered parts for it. Meanwhile, Alev and I are sharing one car for getting to and from work. No big deal.

A little history about our 1 and only car. It's a 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe that we got from Alev's brother. He was planning on moving back to Turkey and needed to sell his truck. He was telling us that he was taking it around and people weren't offering him enough money for it. Me, being the complete dumbass I'm known for being, offered to buy the truck off of him if nothing pans out. Big mistake. He was feeding us a bunch of BS about how he was still trying over the next couple of weeks. It came down to him having to leave and no luck getting rid of the truck. He drops it off at our house and I was stunned. I will skip all the mean stuff. But the truck was jacked up and we weren't about to take this over until he or his mom fixed it. Sadly, his mom paid to get it fixed and we held up our part of the deal. Over the year of us owning it we dumped so much money into it...just for repairs. That's a brief history of the Tahoe.

Anyway, Alev and I are sharing the Tahoe. This goes on for a couple of weeks. Then comes a time when we need to take the Tahoe in for some work. It's an all day thing so we are stranded at home without a car. Not that I mind being stranded at home, I just like it when it's by choice. After we pick up the truck all is well...for a few days. The truck crapped out on us and I spent a whole day trying to fix it. No such luck for us. We rented a car (KIA...Killed In Action) and putted the truck back to the mechanic. At this point, Alev and I already decided we needed to get a reliable vehicle if it's going to be our only one. So we decide to buy a car. Not really the best time but it's needed.

We have a tendency to settle for things. We will buy something less desired because it's cheaper. A year, probably less, we will get tired of said thing and look to replace it. This is our history with cars. This time we wanted to go in getting what we wanted but also put time into researching it. We found what we wanted and handle the process awesomely. Seriously, Alev and I kicked some ass that night.

Here is our choice. A 2006 Chrysler Pacifica.






Awww Yeah! Sir Rob is pimping a Mini-Van!

Wtf did you just say? It's not a mini-van, it's a crossover. Completely different...ok not really.

So it's not something that was planned. But it's nice having a car that isn't a complete POS.

This is just one of the many hiccups going on right now but we're pushing through it. We're not always pleasant towards each other but it will pass...soon I hope.