it seems like every spare moment lately has been filled with car stress or car decisions. hopefully that has come to and end.dave's car recently reached 208,000+ miles. it sounded really bad and we took it in to see how much it would cost to fix-almost $3,000. so dave decided to do the most pressing things (the brakes, rotors and calipers) himself. no dave has not done this before, but he found a really reliable video on youtube that showed him how. with a few trips to autozone and two nights in the shop (our garage) the car sounded a hundred times better. things were looking pretty good for a few weeks, but there were just too many things wrong....so we threw in the towel and traded the old subaru in. after a lot of dreaming about all the cars we might possibly want and then some negotiating, we finally made a decision and got something practical and reliable. a honda civic. we got a good deal but it is weird to think by the time we pay it off, sadie will be ready to drive!
