I like my car. I have had it forever. My grandfather decided to help purchase it for me, as a gift, when I returned a large sum of money that I borrowed from him while I was going to school. He is gone now, but the car still remains.
It has been running well, but it has developed some terrible leaking problems, which happens every time it rains, which is often. It freezes shut when it gets really cold outside. The radio just went out during the month of October. All those things I have been able to tolerate.
New Year's Eve day, I was on my way to work. I heard this honking noise. I was looking around to see who it was, and it was me! I thought maybe I must have accidentally touched the horn or something, and it stuck. So I tapped the horn, and the noise went away. Minor embarrassment, it happens to everybody, right?
Then I arrive at work. I park right next to the building and shut the engine off. As soon as I lock and shut the door it wails! I quickly unlock the car to see if the horn is stuck again, but it isn't. I tried to figure out what to do to stop the noise, but I was very clueless. Someone stuck their head out the door. I said, "Can you help me? I can't shut it off?" He tried, but was not sure what to do, so he went inside to get more help.
Several people would peer out the door, to see what was going on, but none offered their help (perhaps they already knew I was getting some, or were clueless themselves). Finally, the main manger helped stop the noise by taking one of the lines off of the battery. They could not figure out how to disable the horn completely, though.
Someone got in my car and shook the steering wheel, and when the battery was hooked up again, it did not start up again. Thank goodness. The whole building heard my car honking, and I am sure some nearby businesses did as well. ...so it was pretty embarrassing.
I did NOT want to drive my car home, but I had to. So my boss gave me a wrench "just in case" it starting wailing again. So, I guess it is probably time to get a different car. I will miss this one. Sure, it is not in the condition it was in before. I used to wash it every week when I first got it, and the stereo was awesome.
However, I just cannot live with a car that is just going to scream every time I take it somewhere. If I wanted that, I could borrow some one's kids! Right? Just kidding. I guess I need to go car shopping.
