My Awesome Car Luck.

I thought we were maybe going to luck out and kiss all our car problems goodbye with 2011, but that is not going to be the case. Our "great" car wasn't as great as I thought. Yesterday when I was leaving work I turned on my car and instantly heard a very loud noise coming from the car. It was so loud it made me jump, as I backed out of the parking lot it kind of quieted so I thought it was just a fluke, but once back in drive I could totally here it again and as I accelerated it got even louder. If I hadn't known that something was wrong I probably would have laughed because the noise it was making was kind of funny. It kind of sounded like a toy race car maybe winding up? That's the best way I know how to describe it. The more I accelerated the more I could here it. I had errands to run but decided against it, because I didn't know how safe it was being in my race car and all. Plus, just in the short drive home I caught the attention of plenty and I didn't care to draw anymore attention to myself.

That night I told Tyler about it and since we had to go to the store, he decided to drive it. As soon as he started it he said "What did you do to it?!" ....yes, typical male. Blame the woman.

Today it was still making the sound but it wasn't nearly as loud. We'd decided I better take it in to the mechanic ASAP but I found myself questioning if I should do so, because it wasn't nearly as bad as it was and I almost convinced myself it wasn't doing it anymore and I was just hearing things. I took it in anyway...of course hoping that they'd look at me funny and tell me it was in my head. Unfortunately not the case, it's in the shop getting a new alternator. Guess the good news is I'm not just a looney that's hearing noises? I just hope that the first week of 2012 will be the one and only week in 2012 that we have to pay for car repairs.