Stupid car :(

Grr. So my car had it's MOT at the start of January and cost me just over £100 by the time I'd had a collection of little things done to make it pass. Then about 10 days later I went to drive it and the electrics worked but the engine was dead as a dodo. Thankfully I have a very nice mechanic friend who came and towed it away to take a look. The earth cable had sheared off and was shorting out the electrics to the engine so that was fixed pretty easily. But then Jon couldn't get the lights to work?! Turned out one of the relays had mysteriously gone missing. How do you lose one of those? It's not like it can just fall out - it's in a case! Anyway, on monday night Jon drove Mary Jane (my car) back to mine and gave me my keys back. Crisis over - hooray! Then I got in to drive her again the next day and she was dead as a dodo once more - argh!! That meant a half hour walk up to the youth cafe to get to work. A walk which I would have to do twice more that day. I guess it gave me plenty of thinking time though so that was nice. Last night I got an update on Mary Jane's condition. It's officially an alternator problem and she's going to need a transplant. So there goes another £100. Why are cars so expensive?!! Oh well. God knows that I really need my car for work so he'll sort out the cash I'm sure. It's all good :)