Fifi

This poor 2009 Forester.

In the one year since we've been driving it, so much drama has happened.

• Hit by a van from the back. Because we were insured, we got Fifi fixed up easily at no cost.
• Battery died. We thought it was just a one-time thing after a kind person helped us work it up again, so we bought a jump start car kit to help ourselves. Then we realised the battery is legit dead, so we had to spend $200 to replace it.
• Coolant. Was a fucked up job done by a coward. Initially thought highly of and was immensely grateful to the coward who offered to help us at no charge, but when something went wrong and we asked him about it, he ran away with tail tucked under. Eventually changed out the whole coolant system along with pipes, damage of $1,000.
• Transmission. This Fen boy. Wanted to have the brightest blinding car lights installed. So he changed every single light in/on the car to LEDs. Bought from cheapass China.. Which burnt the electric board and tripped the car. Fixing his good intentions turned bad, $800.
• Full fledged servicing. Thought it was high time Fifi got a proper servicing done, you know, to make sure it can still run decent. $200.
• Wrong sized tyres. Welp. Everyone is selfish. Even more so when trying to sell off a car. We got Fifi without realising its tyres were the wrong size and a really lousy brand, so we had to buy a new set of tyres for the car to run efficiently. $700.
• Ignition leads and spark plug causing the car's engine to misfire. Plain wear and tear. $500.

Every time a problem surfaced, we will be stranded. Crippled. It's not anything major or serious enough like stuck in the middle of nowhere on a 1,000km road trip, but it definitely is deterring us from planning a long road trip for sure.

Honestly, I just needed a car to work. Like, how hard is that?