CARS!!!!

I have a little story for you about a car....Actually a long story...

Once upon a time there was this girl named Brooke and she moved to Hawaii. This was her second year living there and she had decided that she wanted a car to get around this time, instead of having to take the bus. When she arrived to her new house she found a set of keys. "Who's are these?" She asked her roommates.

"Those are a girls who used to live here and she left the keys here for a friend to sell her car that is sitting out front."

"How much is she selling it for? I really need a car."

"I think around $1000."

Brooke had to think about this one. Did the car run? Maybe I should take it for a test drive..."Shoot," Brooke thought to herself as the bus passed her. "I missed the bus, now I am going to be late for work. But wait a second, I could drive this car. Its just sitting here and no one seems to mind if I take it. That way I will know if I want it too. Perfect." She grabbed the keys and away she went.

That is how this whole story started. Now for the fun part. I had called this girl and asked if she would take less money for it and if I could make payments to her. She thought about it and agreed. She must have wanted to get rid of it bad since she no longer lived on the island. I was elated! I had found a car for super cheap and it seemed to work well. I was going to finally have the freedom that I needed on this island. It was a great car at first, I drove it all over. I was able to start a dance class about 45 minutes away at a Keiki (childrens) school, get to work everyday, go shopping whenever I wanted, give friends rides, etc. So one day on my way to my dance class I stopped at Kmart to look around and when I came out to my car it wouldn't start. The battery seemed fine it just wouldn't turn over at all. So I called Adam (who I had just started dating) and asked if he could pick me up on his way home from working at the art gallery in town. We had to figure out a way to get it towed all the way back to Laie. So he called his dad and we went home and got the truck and a tow rope and headed back into Halawa. When we got there we found a tow rope in the trunk of my car. That would have been nice to know since we could have towed it while we were still there. (I forgot to mention, the security of Kmart told us we could not leave it there overnight or else it would get ticketed or towed.) So we hooked it up and towed it across the street to another parking lot that wouldn't tow us if it was left overnight. On our way home we got stuck at a bridge, it had been raining off and on all day and then really started pouring by the time we headed back. The bridge was flooded and they wouldn't let anyone across. So we sat there for probably an hour and talked. This was in a way a good thing for our relationship because of all the stress and the time to really spend together. So anyway my boss, being the great man that he is (thanks Frank), had it towed for us using his AAA!!! OK THIS IS GETTING REALLY LONG! I WILL JUST POINT OUT THE MAJOR PROBLEMS AND YOU WILL GET THE DRIFT!

1. Paid for car
2. No title (girl promised she had mailed it)
3. Car dies in Halawa
4. Car towed by us and then Frank
5. Found out fuel pump had been replaced my Mickeys
6. Mickeys towed to shop
7. Mickeys said they would fix fuel pump again for free
8. Driving car
9. Car dies in Halawa, again
10. Mickeys tows car for free and fixes again for free
11. Driving car
12. Car dies at house in Kahuku
13. Mickeys tows car and fixes again for free
14. Buy new car
15. Left cd player face in car
16. CD Player stolen while in Mickeys parking lot
17. Pick up car, they have to jump start it. Said they left the car door open so the battery had died but it should be fine if I drive it for a minute
18. Car dies, have to jump start every time I drive
19. Try to sell car but no one wants it because we have to jump start it every time they come to test drive it
20. Still no title. Girl has ordered new one and still waiting for it
21. Tow car to Shore House so it can be seen on a busier road to sell
22. Girl calls and says original title just came back to her, sends it right away
23. No one wants car
24. Drunk driver crashes into fire hydrant near car girls say that it got totaled and they towed it away
25. Sweet no more problems...its gone for good
26. NOPE!! Girl calls and says she can't renew her drivers license because there are some unpaid tickets on car in her name (we didn't switch to our name since we were selling it by the time we got the stupid title)
27. WE pay tickets
28. Done
29. NOPE
30. More tickets
--Come to find out while the car was parked at the Shore House the cops had been ticketing it for abandoned vehicle or something. And then the city towed and and it got more tickets. Now it has been auctioned by the state and someone else is driving it. YES, that is right, it was not totaled it had just been seized by the state and towed because of outstanding tickets, which we didn't know about or even think could happen.

So thanks a lot to the U.S. Postal Service and Mickeys Repair!!! You have cost us around $1,517.00 and still has the possibility to go up!! There are more tickets that are pending and the state is deciding if they want to drop them or make us pay $950 more. I do take some responsibility, we shouldn't have just forgotten about it, we should have followed through with it and gotten a battery and sold it!!! Thanks little Nissan you made a great story!!!