Can you believe it ... we own four cars and in less than a week ... all four have now had problems.

Last Wednesday, we were going to take our old Mazda MX3 in to get an oil change and general going over when one of the belts broke on it and we had to have it towed in.

Then on Friday, our Oldsmobile Achieva that my youngest son drives also had a belt break and had to be towed in. Apparently a part broke and it's on order (suppose to be in today).

My wife and I went over to Indianapolis on the weekend for the baptism of our new grandson and as we were leaving to come back, the car started making a noise like a tire going flat. To make a long story short. After calling a tow truck because we couldn't (in the rain) find anything in the tires and they didn't appear to be going flat, the driver of the truck found the front left wheel had all the lug nuts loose. Within a few miles, it's like we would have lost the wheel and been in an accident along a back, dark country road with no shoulders. (Thank heavens for this problem).

Then, last night, my wife's Chrysler wouldn't start when she went to pick up our son (the one who drives the Olds). We're going to try it this morning (it's parked a mile from here), and if it starts ...take it in (we think it might be a fuel filter). If it doesn't ... another towing!

I hate cars.



But ... on the other side ... no one's hurt and I still can log on to Pixies.

Life is good.