{"id":1150,"date":"2004-06-20T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2004-06-20T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2004-06-20T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2004-06-20T22:46:00","slug":"saturn-is-dead-long-live-the-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2004\/06\/20\/saturn-is-dead-long-live-the-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturn is dead… Long live the car."},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday on the way home from work the Saturn decided to blow a cylinder. This was the 3rd major breakdown in the past 3 months. The radiator and starter were the two previous problems.<\/p>\n

After the radiator we started talking about what we’d do when the Saturn died. After the starter we talked about whether or not we’d put money into another major repair.<\/p>\n

Then Tuesday occurred. We talked about it. We rented a Mitsubishi Galant to get us thru the week. Friday, we went shopping.<\/p>\n

The 94 Saturn SL2 is going to be retired with 127K miles on it. I bought it in ’97 with 42K on the odometer. This was the first car that I actually bought out of my own pocket. So, letting it go has been hard.<\/p>\n

The plan is to<\/p>\n