Stupid car update, perhaps somewhat personal.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
09/28/2020 at 15:12 • Filed to: None

The car itself not being stupid (maybe), but the update itself is:

I renewed the registration on our dubious Corolla hatchback. It’s noteworthy because renewing tabs in the denser counties of Washington State (King, Snoho, Pierce, etc.) is not cheap, so it’s something of a commitment, I feel.

After all the trouble, the car has since been running great and actually even better than when I bought it — full credit to my parts cannon. I’m not sure how close I was to getting rid of it during the trouble, but it had crossed my mind to consider parting ways with it once I got it working again. But it’s just so cheap and easy to work on, I stuck with the devil I knew.

And since my wife is unemployed as of 5pm yesterday , I’m really sighing in relief that I didn’t throw up my arms and just replace the car with something nicer — and by nicer, we also mean much more expensive as her car has very little trade-in value to boot.

T he g ood news is she already has two job offers. We’ll be fine.

DISCUSSION (13)

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/28/2020 at 15:20

Good luck on her next gig. Wishing for that it is onward and upward.

Amoore100 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/28/2020 at 15:40

To be fair, as long as she still likes it and it sounds like it is running well, I don’t see a reason to drop the Corolla hatch. It looks to be physically well-kept, and I personally would hold on to it pretty much indefinitely at this point considering what little value it would have on sale. The cinch here is definitely the expensive registration, but I think most of the time fixing and continuing to drive a cheap-to-run old car is a lot more financially responsible than taking on something unknown or something that requires monthly payments.

Spaceball-Two > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/28/2020 at 15:58

That’s great news? Ha ha. Good to hear. You don't want to know what tabs on our rigs were this go around.

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/28/2020 at 16:02

I agree about the Corolla sentiment below - it has little value on the market, but is a perfectly functional car. Keep it until it croaks.

Congrats to her on the quick job turnaround.

Looks like next year I won’t have to deal with King County registration, too bad. This year it was a significant amount of a payment.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Spaceball-Two
09/28/2020 at 16:18

I assume enough combined to buy a running Paseo convertible

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/28/2020 at 16:45

I’m glad you didn’t get rid of it too! Also, glad to hear your wife has job offers already....the employment world is pretty topsy turvy with all this COVID stuff right now :(

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
09/28/2020 at 16:51

Oh yeah, and it’s just the beginning. I’m looking over my should all the time waiting for everything to collapse in my work.

RPM esq. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/28/2020 at 18:21

I have cleverly (OK, completely by accident) spaced my tabs out so they renew in March , July, and December , thus concealing from my goldfish brain the truly heinous cost of registering my idiotic fleet. Right up until I dig them out at tax time to deduct the RTA portion and kick myself.

I’m glad to hear Mrs. Zoidberg is already fielding job offers—always nice to see good news in these parlous times.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/28/2020 at 18:44

I really hope it doesn’t for you!

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/28/2020 at 19:37

I think keeping it was a good call. Glad to hear she has offers.

krustywantout > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/28/2020 at 20:37

Glad to hear the good n ews. As mentioned by others, drive the wheels off the car and save money where you can. I hope all the uncertainty in life ends soon and we can plan for nicer things.

RooseveltDad > fintail
09/29/2020 at 00:17

As Omar would say, “Oh, in-DEED...” (King County resident checking in)

fintail > RooseveltDad
09/29/2020 at 00:27

One of those things I remember after I buy the car, then ‘oh shit’.