Car Troubles?

Michael: "Well, I'm just different than you, Gob. You know, I'm not going to, you know, siphon gas out of some girl's car like you used to in high school just so you can show up and say, 'Car troubles?'
GOB: "It's called 'taking advantage.' It's what gets you ahead in life."

That quote isn't relevant really, besides the fact that i'm having car troubles, and Gob says car troubles...

Let me first just say that I feel like it is safe to say, that I have awful luck with cars and/or i'm an idiot. Remember senior year when I totalled my parents car AND the relief society president's Lexus? Remember how i've been rear ended/rear ended probably about 10 times? Remember how my car broke down when I was driving to my Grandparents alone, and I had to get the transmission replaced? There are more that aren't coming to mind.... but just remember how i've spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on cars? Me too.

These are my current car troubles:

• REGISTRATION...expired in Febuary...
• oil needs to be changed
• key hole is broken...havent been locking my car for about 3 months, its fine....come break in
• passenger door won't open from the outside
• tires need to be rotated

Lets talk about the registration........
I recently realized how past due my registration is.... well I realized it first in April then I forgot about it....  I recently RErealized that I haven't done anything....i've become panicked whenever I drive. I'm convinced that I'm going to get pulled over, when before I realized it was expired, it never crossed my mind, funny how that works.  Get it registered you say? It's not that easy. Anyway today while I was driving around there were policeman every.where. I swear when you realize your sticker says a date it shouldn't, policeman come out like crazy. Those creeps.

Driving is weird.....
Do you ever think about what a strange governed society we live in? 
Particularly driving?

I mean all of us are just speeding around on these streets and we all follow the same rules and are scared of the same power-hungry-lighted cars.We all have to pay money to get gas and it doesn't matter how much it costs, because it is vital for us to drive our little metal things on wheels.

There are so many annoying things about driving; stickers, people cutting you off, speeding, not using their blinker, people hitting you, people talking on their bloody phone and on and on and on...

But on the contrary, there are some things that I find kinda great about driving.  Things about societal transportation that make me feel unified with all of these strange people I've never met, that have to get around just like me. (i'm just trying to throw a positive spin on an otherwise very negative post)

#1 I love love it when an ambulance drives by, not because it means someone is potentially dying, but because everyone pulls over to the side of the road. I love that everyone knows to do that. We all want the ambulance to get to the injured person at the other end and want to make room for them to do that as quickly as possible. What a courteous thing we do.
#2 I mean don't even need to say this one, we're all thinking about it, but when people let you in.  How great of them. They want you to not be frustrated almost as much as you do. Furthermore,  I feel like a million bucks when I let someone in. I mean how nice is that? Feeling like you did someone a favor that only cost you about five seconds.
 #3  Oh the head nod/the courtesy wave. It is REAL GREAT. I love that it is so assumed that you'll get it, and/or that you should offer it.  We all, well most of us, do it---give a friendly little nod or wave.  Its something else. And for some reason I feel like when I'm driving, its pretty genuine.

#4  When I see someone belting it out when they're driving. Just singing at the top of their little lungs. Love it.. In fact, when people are just sitting there, sometimes I'm confused.  But then not really, because it's great to just drive silently from time to time.

#5 I actually have no follow up. I just feel like 4 was an odd (no its not) number to stop at.


I bet I get pulled over tomorrow for my registration....its been a long time coming.....