I’ve been driving the first car I ever bought for almost 15 years now. I love love love that car, but it’s time for an upgrade, so yippee!

Before it gets asked and I forget to reply, Mazda 2 -> hybrid Honda Civic hatchback

  • walden@sub.wetshaving.social
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    3 days ago

    I used to have a Jeep Liberty. It was an '06 and lasted me until '20 when I replaced it with something not made by Stellantis.

    Anyway, that car had a history of stuff breaking. I did a vast majority of the fixes myself, including random sensors here and there, the heater core, and even the head gasket (what a pain).

    I had to drive that car 3/4 across the country for work (with no cruise control), and knew I’d be keeping that car there for 6 months or so. Knowing something would probably break, I loaded most of my tools in the back while I was packing.

    Sure enough, about 3 days before I was supposed to drive it 24 hours back home, the water pump failed. I had a little bit of advance notice, but it took me a couple of days to diagnose what the noise was.

    I changed the water pump in the driveway of the house I was staying at, and had all of the tools I needed. It was both glorious and sucky at the same time.