i have zero luck.

[hoosierbitch]

FML.

So my car's been making a squeaky noise for weeks. In preparation for the three hour drive home, and with Spring Break approaching, I brought it in to a garage. I got my car back with a new alternator on Thursday morning, and left town early Saturday morning.

The car died 4 miles out of town. I got it towed back to the same garage, which didn't open until this morning. They cleaned some cables, declared it fixed, and I picked it up an hour and a half ago to drive home. Didn't even make it out of town this time. Thankfully I coasted into a parking lot before it gave up completely.

AAA's gonna be here in an hour, and there's a cafe about .5 miles from the car place, so I think I'll set up shop there while I wait for the new alternator to be replaced with a newer alternator. Don't want to abuse my borrowing-rides-from-friends privileges.

The AAA guy I talked to today was the same guy from Saturday - I told him what the deal was, and his response was "Hey, don't you have to get to St. Louis to walk your dogs?"

To which I replied: "omg, y'all take detailed records..." Then I figured out it was the same guy. My folks have gotten some coworkers to walk to the dogs, thank god, but they're both gonna be stir crazy.

Hopefully, in 7-8 hours, I will be home. If not, I will be homicidal.

For now, I'mma just lean my seat back, be thankful for my phone, and get started on some homework.

Yay break?

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I am so sorry to hear that B :( Have car drama is always super stressful and I know you were really looking forward to being home and relaxing!!

I hope they can get it fixed ASAP and you can be on your way home soon!

Should you get desperate enough, you can crawl under your car and hit the alternator a few times with a wrench and your car should start *1* more time so you can drive it to the shop - this wrecks the alternator but since it's already wrecked that shouldn't be an issue >_> - I have utilized this as a last resort and it does work (you can even get lucky and get *2* starts out of it) :) have to google to figure out what to look for!