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my little mazda is still plugging along just fine! it was the car my daddy bought me when i graduated college and i love it! it has a sun roof and is just a lot of fun to zoom around in. however, with the 2 kiddos we purchased an old explorer that i now drive while hubby gets the car. it has been having some troubles lately and we were planning to take it to the shop this next month. well, monday morning hubby headed off to work. in a few minutes he was back and not happy. you know - the slam the keys on the counter and kinda huffy breathing. well, the car would not start. so he took mine and headed in to work.

homebound and obviously it was going to rain all week, i decided to deal with the car so i could have transportation. i head out to try again in a few hours. i notice there is no gas in the car. so i call hubby and suggest we put some gas in. he says the light just came on and that is not the problem. well, okay, dear! so i call my 2nd dad up, (he runs a full-service fix em up shop). he offers to come tow it and bring it in. i let them know about our conversation and they come to get it. they are pretty sure it is the fuel pump!! hmm...that sounds expensive, but we need it fixed.

the next morning i get a call saying i owe them $5 and the car is ready! wow!!! now i know they usually cut me a deal, but that is amazing! it must have just been a small part that needed fixed!! oh no....they checked it all out and found nothing wrong. so they put some gas in the tank and low and behold that was it!! the car started right up with no problem!!!!!

hmmm.....i've only mentioned it once to hubby since!!

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