Will our luck ever turn around? We started 2010 with a bang - literally!
Monday the 4th we were the unfortunate victims of a rear-end accident. The guy who hit us (we were in Nick's car) was able to hit us hard enough that it put holes in the frame of Nick's car! Good news is the guy who hit us had insurance...Bad news is the damage to Nick's car is MUCH more than the car is actually worth so it looks like his car is just getting totaled out :(
This happened exactly 1 day before Nick got his official California registration for his car and exactly 2 days before he had to start driving 1.5/2 hours each way to go to school out in Bakersfield. Needless to say - we are NOT happy campers and poor Nick is being forced to buy a new car at a very inopportune time. We knew we wanted to buy a new car eventually but we had hoped we'd get 1 or 2 more years out of Nick's car. Which then of course leads us to our next dilemma....
Being in school, being 20, having out student loans, and only working part-time doesn't exactly qualify you for any car loans (despite knowing that we'd be able to cover payments!) And since we're all alone out here and Nick needs to drive so much we don't really want to go the "buy someone else's problem car" route. So far everyplace we checked wants us to put down an outrageously high down payment in order to qualify us. Honestly - how many college students have an extra $4000 lying around to be able to spare for a down payment? Hmmmm. Come Monday - Nick gets to find out how much the insurance company is willing to pay him and also find out if he can qualify for a different loan!
Sorry for such the gloomy and short post, but as you can see, we've ended up quite frustrated over all the poor luck we have in Fresno so far. We're definitely thinking once Nick graduate's it'll be adios to Fresno!!! Maybe we'll get to Colorado after all....!
Keep your fingers crossed for us that things will work out for us and our luck will turn around - hopefully our next post will be happier!
Oh no! We're so sorry to hear this! It can't be easy to have this crap come down on you when you're so far away! We're hoping, too, that things will turn around for you and soon! We hope the insurance company will give you a fair amount for the car and you can get a new one, quickly!!!
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