The Search Continues...

For awhile now my car has been burning a lot of oil in between oil changes....and when I say a lot I mean three to four quarts. So about a week ago I took it to the mechanic to see how much it would cost to fix the problem. Well, unfortunately he told me that my car had a rare problem. With some Toyota Corollas made in 1998, the cylinders are egg shaped and it causes them to burn oil. He told me my only options were to either get a new car or buy a new engine and risking that the same problem might occur again. He said if it were me I would take it to a dealer and trade it in, not saying anything about the oil problem because right now my car engine looks perfect. He said unless you drove it for an extended amount of time, you would never know that it burnt oil. So in other words, my car looks like it is worth a lot more than it really is.
Armed with this new information, I have begun my search for a new car. It is exciting, but also very sad. I have a lot of memories with my car. I went skateboarding behind it, I spilled countless drinks in it, at one point I had over 96 cans of soda in it, I ate many loaves of bread in it.....the list goes on. I am sure though that the next car I get will have just as many memories attached to it too. Mom wants to get rid of my car before it hits 100,000 miles and it currently has 98,700 so we have to find one soon. We went to Springfield and looked around but never saw anything that was perfect...well besides a 2003 eclipse that was NICE! lol...but anyway I drove to West Plains too and looked. Well, while I was in West Plains I was just driving across town and I saw this little car lot with only about twenty cars and I decided to cruise the lot. I saw there a 2002 Dodge Intrepid that was really nice and the good news is that it is affordable! :) So now I am looking at it and will test drive it soon! Hopefully it will work out but if it doesn't I know God will lead me to the right car and I will get one that works this time! lol