Monday, April 27, 2009

My Temperamental Car

Here is my car:


Sometimes I think my car is lonely.  Occasionally it just decides "I'm bored.  I want to go to the shop, it's time for something to break."  Do I not give it enough attention?  Maybe it found out that I was going to start running and took offense.  I even park it next to the other Malibu that I'm pretty sure it likes:


(Speaking of - Malibu [can I call you Mal?], you know that little scratch on your front bumper?  Chicks dig scars.  Trust me on this one)

But it gets moody sometimes.  First it was the anti-theft system (caused the car to randomly not start when I turned the key).  Then it was the windshield (still haven't fixed it).  Now the fuel gauge doesn't seem to be displaying anything under 1/4 tank.  And then there's that darn front tire that always seems to be low on air.  I think that's the car's way of always keeping my attention on it.  If I could hear the air seeping out of the tire, it would sound like whining.  What an attention-whore.

But now...it decided to up the ante.  This is what a car spring is supposed to look like:


See how the spring sits nicely on the plate? That's a finely tuned mechanical device.  A work of art.  Unfortunately, this is what mine looked like a couple of weeks ago:


You know what I see when I look at that picture?  A hole in my wallet with all of my money falling out of it.

Listen, Mal.  I like you.  We've had some good times.  But you're so high-maintenance.  I'd like to be friends, so please try and scale it back a little.

-Your friend, Aaron

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