Honestly... FML

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So, my household has had some horrible car luck recently. Three cars and NONE of them working...

DS2's car has a mechanical problem and is finally getting fixed, hopefully, today by the mechanic we had it towed down to.

DS2 has been driving my car that I just fixed finally got fixed after being down about a month.

DS1 decided to drive my car to his friend's house yesterday and managed to somehow run over a large landscaping rock at the end of my driveway... Not sure exactly what he damaged but my car is now hemorrhaging what I think is power steering fluid.

My old Blazer has a bad universal joint and isn't drivable until I can have it replaced.

I guess the current plan is to call for a tow for my car when DS1's car is finished at the mechanic. Tow truck can take him down with them so he can get his car.

This seems to be what happens when I announce in the morning that FINALLY all three of our vehicles will be working next week.  Yeah, not.

[andi9899]

That sucks. When it rains, it pours. I'm sorry.

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Oh no @workingshasta !!

Lets all send good Karma to shasta so her repairs will not be too costly & will be speedy!

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Thanks for the well wishes.  DS got his car back yesterday. Yay! Rode down with the tow truck towing my car....

I asked the tow guy if I got a multi-car towing discount since when the 2nd one comes back my truck has to go. He just gave me a blank look. LOL

Looks like my son wrecked the rack on my car... $125 to tow it and about $450 to fix. That was one expensive rock to run over.....  

[Works4me]

Cars have a way of sensing these things! Sorry you are going through this. Hopefully DS1 does not have to repeat it and is learning one of those expensive lessons we all have to learn in life. A dear friend of mine calls this age "getting them over fool's hill."

[suesinfl]

Sorry Shasta, car repairs suck. I feel that your sons should be paying for their car repairs, especially the one that wrecked your car. Was it an accident?; yes I'm sure that it was, but he needs to be held responsible for his actions.

Sorry if that sounds harsh, but you have been through so much and the boys need to step up to the plate. You can only do so much for them or they will never learn that their decisions/actions will either turn out good or bad and they need to anticipate the results. (Says a mother who is having to step back and let life lessons happen).

I'm sending you good thoughts that this too shall pass.

[whoami]

It would be cheaper for you to have AAA than to keep paying for all these individual tows. We pay $160 a year for the Premeir version for the 2 of us...it give us 4 tows, 2 up to 250 miles. We havent had to use them since DS moved out but when he was here, he was always "modifying" his car which rendered it dead and then we would have to have it towed. Used up every one of our allowed tows too. 

I think the membership is worth every penny even if we dont use the tows. They have cheaper memberships as well. 

[Artemis Windsong]

Sounds like my DS and his vehicle dramas.

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Jul 12, 2015 11:32:31 GMT -5 suesinfl said:

Sorry Shasta, car repairs suck. I feel that your sons should be paying for their car repairs, especially the one that wrecked your car. Was it an accident?; yes I'm sure that it was, but he needs to be held responsible for his actions.

Sorry if that sounds harsh, but you have been through so much and the boys need to step up to the plate. You can only do so much for them or they will never learn that their decisions/actions will either turn out good or bad and they need to anticipate the results. (Says a mother who is having to step back and let life lessons happen).

I'm sending you good thoughts that this too shall pass.

My youngest son has been working for the last 3+ years and pays for everything related to his car, and for most of the other things he needs in life. He is in college full-time so he mostly sleeps here.  

My other son is working - when I have a working car - and will be paying for at least part of the repair. What we both want is for him to work, save his money, and for him to buy his own car. That's priority right now. 

My oldest is finally chomping at the bit to get a car and move out.    

I feel like in another year or so both of them should be out of my house and living their own lives. Hope so anyway, I want to move then.  

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Jul 12, 2015 11:49:50 GMT -5 whoami said:

It would be cheaper for you to have AAA than to keep paying for all these individual tows. We pay $160 a year for the Premeir version for the 2 of us...it give us 4 tows, 2 up to 250 miles. We havent had to use them since DS moved out but when he was here, he was always "modifying" his car which rendered it dead and then we would have to have it towed. Used up every one of our allowed tows too. 

I think the membership is worth every penny even if we dont use the tows. They have cheaper memberships as well. 

I think a membership is going to be my sons' next holiday gift.  

[whoami]

Jul 13, 2015 11:10:05 GMT -5 @workingshasta said:

Jul 12, 2015 11:49:50 GMT -5 whoami said:

It would be cheaper for you to have AAA than to keep paying for all these individual tows. We pay $160 a year for the Premeir version for the 2 of us...it give us 4 tows, 2 up to 250 miles. We havent had to use them since DS moved out but when he was here, he was always "modifying" his car which rendered it dead and then we would have to have it towed. Used up every one of our allowed tows too. 

I think the membership is worth every penny even if we dont use the tows. They have cheaper memberships as well. 

I think a membership is going to be my sons' next holiday gift.  

I think its a good plan. I pay for the Premier version for my son...more for me than for him. I think its around $110 a year. He's already used it once this year. You can add a second person to the plan for about $50. We had him on ours till he moved to a different state.