With Nick's job at the YMCA it has been tough figuring out who gets the car. The YMCA job is a split shift, and with my job, I need the car to drive my clients around. Thankfully Nick's parents have been very kind with driving Nick to and from work to get him home in the middle of the day. (of course we cover the gas money) We decided that we needed a second vehicle, just something cheap that will get him to and from work and school. After searching craigslist we went out and looked at a few cars and settled on a '95 Chrysler Cirrus. We were able to talk the previous owner down to $350 (yes, that's the correct number) We test drove it, and everything seemed to be in decent working order. The only issue which we knew about, which the previous owner told us, was that the power steering didn't work. Not too big of a deal we figured, especially at that price.
We drove the car home that day, with no problems at all. Things were looking good. That is until Nick's dad went to move the car so that he could get his car out of the driveway. When he moved it, he came into the house and said, "I see your ABS brake light is on." Nick and I were both like...um...it wasn't a few minutes ago! :)
Since then, the transmission has started dying, on occasion it decides that it doesn't want to shift out of first gear, and it has trouble idling when you first start it up. *sigh* I guess it was too good to be true! Thankfully we've still been able to drive it, once you get it going, and as long as you don't go over 40MPH you're good. Things have been easier with our commutes to work, but unfortunately, we're going to have to purchase another vehicle, one that is a bit more reliable.
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