Funny you should bring it up at this time, I just a similar exp. I was wondering how to post...we have been so poor & deep in debt that we can't afford to commit to a new(er) car loan, but at the same time it seems that the wife's 12 yr old LeBaron breaks down with enough frequency that we've actually built a new one, one piece at a time...in any case, she finally got so fed up with her car's unreliablity that she declared that she would start driving my van to work, & I could take my chances with her old clunker...after 2 days, the van stopped dead on her on her way home, the victim of a broken timing belt...when I picked her up, I informed her that she was a jinx, which amused her not at all...presently I am back driving the van...

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