Ezzy's Pontiac
My current car...
$700...that was the original price of my car. Three tone silver, red
pin-stipe, maroon interior, automatic transmission...non-running/non-
digital clock, radio stuck on one station, "high" on heating/AC not
working...My Jezzabelle!!
When I first bought her, the speedomiter didn't work, so it was knocked
down to $675 because they old guy who sold it to me said it was just that
I needed a new cable which would cost $25 anyway.
I don't have any pictures of Jezzy...not any of HER anyway. Here is Jezzy
behind my dad's new (used) car. You can't see her very well, but she is one
of those long "boat" cars!
Jezzy!
Where to start...? I might as well tell from the begining! :)
My great aunt left me $2,500 in her will, and did not specify how it should
be used (college, savings/trust, etc.) so I decided to buy a car. I looked
in the classifieds, because I really didn't want to hassle with a
dealership and papers and all that. I actually wanted an El Camino or
truck, but they were all to highly priced...and of course, I needed some
money left over for insurance and registration. I went thru about 5
different papers and looked at about 10 cars before I finally decided on
Jezzy. Actually, for about 2 days, I debated on her and this other "boat"
that was blue with beige-cream interior. It smelled of cigarette smoke
(not that I mind that too much, but it was STRONG!) and it was a Ford.
Yes, that last word was what finally made me choose Jezzy...it was in
better condition, but I don't like blue cars anyway.
We (me, my dad and my sister) went to get Jezzy. The guy had a brand new
white Mersades parked next to her...it looked really weird! My dad asked
if I wanted to test drive her, but since there was no speedomitor, I said
no, cuz I had just barely gotten my learner's permit, and didn't feel that
I knew enough about driving to know how fast I was going just by feel...my
dad drove around the block a couple times, then we returned. My dad wrote
a check, and I had to pay him back when we got home. After we had gotten
out to the car this time, it was then that I realized that we had 2 cars to
take home! I had driven my dad's car before, but it was a manual tranny,
and I can barely drive a stick-shift!! I was so nervous that I killed it
3 times before I finally got to the stop sign about 100 feet from where we
had parked! Anyway, I made it home okay, cuz my sis was riding with me,
and she trusts me, so that made me feel better.
When my dad went to put the new cable in the speedomitor, he found out that
it was not just the cable, but 2 gears had been totally broken, and it
turned out to cost about $150! Then my stearing gears were bad (bad seals
or something) and that was about $200, and then a year later, when we got
inspections, the brakes and shocks were...well, almost GONE! and that cost
$600. So with everything, I've put about $1,000 into Jezzy in the first 2
years I had her. Then my insurance is $55 a month.
I didn't actually get my license 'till 2 days before my 18th birthday. Not
because I couldn't pass the test, but I just wouldn't go take it! Actually
I had to take the driving test 3 times. The first time, I got 78 and the
second time I got 76. You are supposed to get 80 to pass (in Utah, anyway)
so I was about to go bazerk! I got really nervous when I drove with any-
body but my dad and sister, so maybe thats why I couldn't get it. So I
tried a third time, and I got 78...BUT the policeman (yes, an official cop!
who was cute) said that if I was more carefull in the future, he'd give me
an 80! It was so weird, because the other two guys who I drove with were
my driver's Ed. coach, and some guy from the DMV...so it surprised me when
the COP passed me, when actually I was not supposed to.
If you want to get technical, you could say that I NEVER passed! :)
But I love Jezzy, even if she does have a leak or squeak here and there.
Right now, the only problem she has, is a heater hose is leaking
anti-freeze and it drips onto the engine, so when I stop from a trip of
only about 5 miles, steam is pouring out from the hood. The "high" on the
A/C-heater finally works! Me and my ex-boyfriend were driving down the
road, and all of a sudden, it started. My dad had driven my car earlier
that morning, and had re-set the controlls, although I don't know why,
since he knew they didn't work.
I'm always complaining about my car, but really, as long as I get from
point A to point B, I suppose thats good enough! Hopefully, I'll get an
El Camino or at least a Chevy truck (or both!) someday. I haven't decided
if I want to keep Jezzy or not...I'm one of those people who keep
EVERYTHING!! You should see all the boxes in my storage room that are full
of my stuff!
*sigh*
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