March 2017 - got money from insurance for the van
March 2017 - bought a 2007 Chrysler Sebring - got the smoke smell out
May 2017 - realized that the green Saturn teenager car had a bent frame from when Jill hit a curb when she slid down the junior high hill in December. We put new tires on, got a new tire rim and still had trouble so we realized the frame was bent. Took it to the salvage yard, and the nice man gave us $75. Bought another Saturn teenager car - silver this time
August 2017 - Letting Jill take the Sebring to Utah to college. Took it in a couple days before we left to get the oil changed. Needs new brakes. Can you fit us in? We are leaving on Tuesday. Check.
October 2017 - In June they told me we needed to fix the transfer case seal in the Yukon. A week before we left, I took the Yukon in to fix the transfer case seal fixed. Go to Utah to watch Jill's college rodeo and go to General Conference. Transfer case seal comes out on our way through Pocatello. Left the Yukon there for the weekend. Warranty covered the transfer case seal and a whole new transfer case.Tender mercy in disguise.
October 2017 - Jill calls to tell us she has been in a car accident. She is okay but the car is not. Jill borrowed Rachelle's old Ford Explorer for a few weeks. Doug helps her shop for and buy a new truck. Tender mercy.
October 2017 - Austin takes the Yukon to help Joe Saville in Saskatachewan. The transmission went out on their way. They could still go, but only 30 miles per hour. They started home, but Austin had me find a flatbed trailer and come and meet them. Ryan Olsen said I could borrow his. He hooked it up, changed one of the tires, and then that tire was flat by the time I got to the gas station. The tender mercy of the day was that Bob Wilson pulled into the gas station at the same time. He put the first tire back on, and I was on my way. I met them in Foremost. We loaded the Yukon and were on our way. We dropped the Yukon off at Rick's Auto.
October 2017 - We took the Saturn to Julia's farewell in Taber since it was the only working car. The check engine light came on while we were driving home. It needed a new thermostat for the cooling fan.
November 2017 - One night I got the truck stuck in our driveway because it was so slick. It took 1.5 hours to get it out with a pretty good job tearing up the grass in the yard. Then I took the truck to buy some salt to melt the driveway. I decided to stop and fill it up with gas - in a diesel truck. I realized what I was doing after I put in about 20 liters. I called Austin. Then I sat down on the curb and cried. Luckily I didn't start it. Paul Sloan came and towed the truck to Rick's Auto. They drained it the next day, and no damage was done.
We decided to buy a new car, so Austin and I went to Lethbridge shopping. We found an Acadia that was in good condition and had low kilometers. We applied for financing and came back home. The next day after fasting and praying about it, we decided to fix the Yukon instead. New transmission: $3,000. We decided for now we were going to take our chance and have faith that it will last another year or two instead of going into more debt.
November 2017 - We decided to finally get new tires for the truck. They have been bald for more than a year. We needed to drive the truck to Edmonton, so we bought new tires.
November 2017 - Jill's new truck that she bought came with 2 weeks of insurance, and we have been working on finding her new insurance. The quotes we were getting were between $385 and $525. That was not even possible for her or for us to afford. The day before she was coming home for Thanksgiving, she still didn't have insurance. She called to sign up for the $385 option, and they said it is actually $525 because you are a foreign driver. I called our insurance here, and she suggested I try calling All State Insurance. Tender mercy. After 50 minutes on the phone, we had a policy in place for Jill for $196 per month. I was so thankful and slightly worried that it was too good to be true and that something else would go wrong. So far so good!
We are thankful for cars to drive. We wear them out because we go a lot of places. Maybe we should just ride our horses or hitchhike instead.
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