So, the saga of my car problems continues. Actually, I'm not sure how much of it is a problem and how much of it is mechanics trying to make money. See I have this problem....I don't trust mechanics. Walking into an auto body place is the one time in life I truly hate being a woman. One of these days I'm just going to take a couple classes so I don't feel so inadequate and unprepared.

Granted, my dad has taught me a ton (HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!) and has at least given me a fighting chance with a lot of things related to my car. Although I should have made an effort to be around when he was doing all those things to my car so that I would have a better understanding.

I was told by Midas a week ago that I needed a new muffler strap and a new catalytic converter and that was going to cost me approximately $1,200. Are you kidding me?! Forget that. I'd rather get a new car. So I've done some checking and investigating, as has my dad, and neither of us are so sure that's the problem. The muffler strap is certainly loose and I just found out that I can have that fixed for about $25. That's in my price range! So, I'm going to start there and see if that makes a difference. Then we'll see about the rest of it. Right now my car doesn't display any of the symptoms of a broken or clogged converter and apparently it isn't something you can check on a diagnostics machine. Therefore, we're going to wait and see what happens when the strap is replaced.