We are not meant to have cars

We have the worst luck with cars. Everytime we put an expensive repair into a car it gets crashed. While dad and Nancy were in Arizona, Laura ran a stop sign and crashed the Jeep that she and Lindsey drive. Of course the repairs are a lot more than the value of the Jeep so it is totalled. We are waiting for the insurance money buy them another beater car. Thanks to Teri who went to rescue Laura that night.

Saturday, while Nancy was innocently driving to take the dogs to the groomers, a car pulled out of a side street and side swiped her. It knocked her into oncoming traffic so she swerved back to her lane, crossed two lanes of traffic, jumped a curb and landed in someones front yard. Nobody was hurt (including the two white puffs of fur that Nancy saw flying in the car) but the camry was towed away - hopefully it will be fixable. We just spent over $500 fixing brakes. However, the curb jumping did damage to the tires and rims.

That left the suburban as the only available car which it decided to die later in the day. Thanks

to Teri who picked up Dad to go rescue Laura and Lindsey who were in the Burb when it died. Thanks to Erin who was going camping over the weekend and loaned us her car. Although the check engine light is on in the Burb we really think it ran out of gas because adding a gallon made it start again. We just have the fuel pump replaced (another $700 repair) and we don't think the guage was put on correctly because it didn't show empty.

We will pick up a rental on Tuesday and drop the Burb off at the dealership to see why the check enginge light is on and hopefully find replacement cars in the near future. Wish us luck in the future - we really seem to need it!!