auto shopping
(cross posted at Midcentury Modern Moms ) So last week I mentioned that Jen was involved in an accident, that her air bag deployed and that she walked away without a scratch. The same cannot be said of her car. I bought the car two years ago, right after Jen got her driver's license. Paid $2500 for a 1996 Chevy Cavalier -- the car had 150,000 miles on it, but the engine had been replaced when the car had only 70,000 miles on it (that must have been a story!). I expected the girls to share the car, I never expected Jen to need a car at college, and I expected the car to last about 3 years, maybe 4 if we got lucky. (I don't believe in buying brand new, expensive cars for teenagers, even if I could afford it....which I can't.) Well, when Jen called me and told me that she had an accident with the car and that the airbag went off....I knew even before I saw the car that it was time to say goodbye to the Chevy. So now she is without wheels. and she needs a c...