Cars are stupid.

[WindingRoad]

[QUOTE=zoom-zoom;524888]My last car was the most reliable car ever to sit in our driveway--a '97 Ford Escort."

I have to say that was a pretty good car, I had one of those too! LOVED that little wagon, unfortunately my ex got it when we went our separate ways. I took the Saturn which was newer and imploded about a year later, ugh. Since becoming a frugal college student I now have a 1990 Honda Civic and strangely it hasn't had any issues since I bought it about 4 years ago. I expect it's planning something catastrophic! Little does it know, I have a kick a$$ commuter bike to take it's place when it does.

Zoom sometimes cars are just insane, I feel your pain. It's like you want them to just freaking do what they are supposed to and inevitably something else goes wrong. I'd say if you can consider doing without the extra car then you probably don't really need it anyway. You may have to plan grocery and errand buying a little more carefully but that's not so bad is it?

[Melalvai]

Try being a 1-car family for a few months and then decide. If you hate it, you can always buy a 2nd car.