Whacko Car!

OK, so I'm driving home from college and my car startes feeling a little jumpy - I say "hmm."

THEN some goes "crrr!" and the car goes "WHUMMM - BrrRrrrRRR - Wowowiojfioio." I say - "Oh no!"

Pulled into a gas station and checked it out. Sure enough, my exhaust had broken right up front. Nothing a little welding can't handle...

So I'm on my way over to the welding shop, I pull out of another gas station (I used it to cut a light) and I end up not having room to turn into the lane due to all the cars backed up at the light. So I'm parrallel parked across two lane - rather uncomfortable, especially when I semi roars past you in the only free lane.

So the light turns... but my wheels don't. MY CAR DEDCIDED TO DIE THERE RIGHT ON THE TWO LANES!!!! Gaaa! I kicked it into neutral and then jumped out and pushed the car into the closest parking lot. At this point, I'm thinkin' "It's time to go back to bed and start again."

I get to the mechanic's shop and they quote me 300 smackos for the current replacement on the exhaust system and another 400 smacks for the back pipe that's about to go. By this time I'm thinkin' I really need to go back to bed.

Anyhow, I believe in multiple quotes... especially when a person has a monopoly on knowledge and can quote me whatever they want to quote me. So I go to this little, small town shop that dad recommends to me, but THAT'S another story...