Wealth- My Car

I drive a 2000 Mustang GT. See, fast cars are a THING in my family. Before this I drove a 92 Stealth and an 89 Firebird and I loved them both. The Firebird was my first love but I like to think of the Mustang as my TRUE LOVE. I always intended to drive her as long as I could and then tuck her away neatly in a garage to restore for my first daughter.

But she isn't a Pony anymore. She's a Ripe Old Mare.

I paid her off in July of 2010, a year early. Since then I have been fixing it almost nonstop. That fall it was four new tires, new brakes, a new ty rod (Is that what that's called?), cleaning the cylinders, replacing a wire harness, and a new chord thingy for the transmission. Then my exhaust needed some work that winter and I busted a wheel bearing on a busy road. I've replaced the mass airflow sensor annually. In August, I got two new tires. In November I got in an accident and spent $1000 on body work. (That, actually, was sheer luck. I had an extra hood and my dad and brother are awesome at body work. She looks like a new car.) Another mass airflow sensor last month and another wheel bearing last weekend. RIGHT NOW I need two new tires and a new gooseneck for the gas tank (which leaks if I take corners too quickly or fill the tank) and my brake light is on and my dash lights have a short and my Sirius needs a new antenna.

But I have an idea. I'm not going to say that it will work or that it is brilliant or any other bullshit but it is worth a try.

I am going to open a new account. I am going to use this new account ONLY FOR CAR STUFF. Every month, I will put my mileage check in the account and when I need repairs I will pay for them out of that account. The money I don't use for car repairs will sit safely in that account for use towards a new car. Not NEW new, but new to me. Another Mustang. A newer one that I won't have to fix every damn week. But because I won't be doing it from my checks, it shouldn't affect my debt snowball.

So, let's try it. See where it goes.