I hate everything.

So then the car springs a mysterious gas leak. Call the fire department so they can throw down some kitty litter on the spill and syphon the gas into an external 5 gallon gas tank except I don't have a syphon so Alex, being the brilliant bastard that he is, disconnects the gas line to the carb, and sticks that in the 5 gallon tank, except I don't have a 5 gallon external tank so we put it in a bucket. Then we turn on the car to get the gas pump going to pump the gas out the line to the bucket, but I don't have the keys, so he connects the pump directly to the battery using jumper cables. Did I already mention that Alex is brilliant? It's true. So I have a bunch of gas in a bucket, and now I just have to pour it into the 5 gallon tank I bought last night. With a funnel that I don't have yet.

All of this on a night when the last fucking thing on earth I wanted to do was not be at home. Thanks a lot, you fucking green piece of shit car.

Love, Me.

The Plight of the Sucker

I guess that sometimes with great excitement comes great disappointment.

I still don't know what's wrong with the green monster, and I won't know for quite some time. I can't afford to get any replacement parts or pull the engine to do the diagnostics, so I'm just putting the BRAND NEW little fucker in storage until ... I don't know. Guess I'll keep you updated. In the meantime, little blue will see sunlight once again.

Here's a thread at minimania describing the problem and a bunch of responses from some smart fellows. Should be helpful when I win the lottery and can afford surgery.

Then the transmission blew up.

Ever since I got that car it had been making this weird clacking noise unpredictably when slipping the clutch in first, trying to get started from a standstill. It was unnerving.

Well, on Monday I was just trying to do a hill start, giving it a fair amount of gas and easing off the clutch when ClackCLACRAACK! and no power going to the wheels. I thought it had slipped out of gear so I tried to put it back in first, but it wouldn't go. Couldn't really get it into reverse either. And the idle felt different and weird and was bogging the engine. At idle. WTF. All I can think of is that first gear exploded.

We'll see.