Happy stressful holidays?

Kinja'd!!! "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
12/24/2016 at 02:57 • Filed to: None

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My girlfriend’s rusty Civic blew a tire on the side of the busiest highway in town which led to us changing the spare tire, buried under a mountain of the previous owners crap in the trunk, on the side of the road as traffic flew by at 70. Fun. Then when we arrived at her house I noticed the engine was knocking a bit so I doubt the old ‘93 is much more for this world. Not that it was anyways, the suspension sags about an inch and a half lower on the passenger side and every bolt head on the car has long since become a mound of rust. Problem is neither of us have the funds right now for a new car which means she has to borrow rides where she can to school/work or I need to find a way to swap an engine into her previous ride, a late 90s beat-to-shit Chevy S10 with a blown-up Iron Duke, automatic transmission, shit door hinges, and various dents and scratches. On top of this we’re getting a house soon which is another level of insane financial bumblefuckery I need to manage. Meanwhile it’s 2am and I’ve just now wrestled the oragami disaster known as “wrapping presents” for my dad and sister.

Bah humbug indeed. Pictured: an S10 I *wish* we had.

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DISCUSSION (9)


Kinja'd!!! Phatboyphil > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/24/2016 at 03:14

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Would it not be easier/cheaper to put a new engine in the Civic? Vs the S10.

Edit: Especially if it’s a top end knock.


Kinja'd!!! Tazio, Count Fouroff > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/24/2016 at 03:21

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Best wishes bruh

Hopefully everything works out how you want


Kinja'd!!! Your boy, BJR > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/24/2016 at 07:34

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You should prob get into a financial spot where buying/repairing a beater isn’t a burden before you get a house.


Kinja'd!!! Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Your boy, BJR
12/24/2016 at 12:12

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The house is being paid for by a trust fund, I just gotta pony up the deposit


Kinja'd!!! Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Phatboyphil
12/24/2016 at 12:14

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Then I still have to replace all of the suspension, which on my 7-year-newer Civic required a plasma cutter and welder and a whole second parts car because mild rust had turned everything into immovable lumps that just snapped. This Civic is about 10x rustier (bumpers falling off, etc)


Kinja'd!!! Phatboyphil > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/24/2016 at 12:43

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I see. This is the No 2 reason I never wanna live up north.


Kinja'd!!! Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Phatboyphil
12/24/2016 at 12:47

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Yeah... my Civic was from Canada. I dunno where this one is from but it’s somehow worse.


Kinja'd!!! Phatboyphil > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/24/2016 at 12:54

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That’s why you never heard me “threaten (?)“ To move to Canada during the election.


Kinja'd!!! ZR2TEN > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/24/2016 at 20:10

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Starred for the S10 picture. Unfortunatelyou I don’t have any good advice though.