the car broke down........ AGAIN.......=.="

YES! The car broke down AGAIN!

This month, our "new 21yr old car" (its a second-hand car that has been sitting in the previous owner's garage for about a year!) has been to the mechanic's about 4-5 times!!And now, there it is. AGAIN.

So today, >>>> my mom and I went to the bank to run some errands. We were in the bank for about 30mins. Since we sent it to the mechanic's YESTERDAY, we thought that it wouldn't have any problems today.

Unfortunately, we were wrong..... wrong..... wrong..... wrong.....

When we were done with the banking, we went back to the car and guess what???? BINGO! The car wouldn't start. Luckily, we were only one block away from the mechanic's. So we walk there, and talk to this old man (I think he's the owner of the mechanic shop) and he told us to try letting our car cool down and in about 15-30mins try starting the engine again.

So we did.............

While we waited for this car that loved to break down O' so often cool down, we went to the CVS drug store. That took about 30mins. We got back to the car and it STILL wouldn't start. Then we walk back to the mechenic's and talked to the old man again. This time he told us to try other things to start our car. Do this, Do that, bla bla bla. (He spoke in Cantonese)

What do we do???..... Walk back to the car and try all those stuff......course it STILL didn't start..... Then we walk back to the mechanic's once more.

(NOTE- It was a REALLY HOT day. It's summer here in the States)

This time the old man sent one of his workers to take a look at our car. He was this like short man (about my height) and wore this weird woollen mug hat and dirty baggy blue clothes. Anyways, he drove us to our car and takes a look. After 5mins or so, He sticks this long metal bar that looked like a crowbar and sticks it in to the engine.Then takes this hammer and hits the bar as my mom started the engine.

FINALLY the engine started!!!

We drove it to the mechanic's to let them take a look at it, and said that our car's starter was old. (duh! what does he expect. The car is 21yrs old!!) So we sit in the mechanic shop for about 1hr and waited for one of the workers' to give us a ride home.

(It was soooooooo boring. I should've taken my ipod with me.)

When the clock reached 6 o'clock, the shop closed and we FINALLY got a ride home.

I know, i know, there's nothing special about this day but still.... the car was sent to the mechanic's more than 4 times this month!!