Cars and long boats...

[boglin]

The car has got to the stage where it is costing me too much money. Last month was a couple of hundred to get it through its MOT, this month just short of 200 for a service and some bits and pieces that need doing - with another estimated 400 that needs to be done in the near future - brakes, rear suspension, indicator timer unit etc. etc. I'm not happy with the brakes at all at the moment, and am wondering whether I should stick it in to get that done anyway.

Unfortunately, the only possible way I have of buying another car right now is by putting it on my credit card, which will mean getting even further into debt that I can't realistically pay off. Chiz, curses. I was hoping it would last me another couple of years. Maybe I should just grit my teeth, shell out for the work and keep my fingers crossed...

In other news I have been reading The Orkneyinga Saga since finishing Harry Potter, to summarise:

The Orkneyinga Saga, abridged

A bunch of men all called Earl sail around in some boats, steal each others pocket money, throw their toys out of the pram and kill each other.

The end.

Comments

[november-girl.livejournal.com]

The last sentence is right. They're all bastards. IF they didn't make any money out of it they wouldn't be offering it.

[dreamfire.livejournal.com]

I think they make money on it if you don't manage to repay in the 0% phase - if you do then you're clever and quids in. Doesn't help situation for J though - or actually mean you can do the two years without paying thing I was thinking of. In general terms paying over 2 years without interest at all is quite nice - I've done it with fridges and washing machines