MJ

MJ is the name of my car, cuz one side mirror is black, the other one is white. She (yes i know mj is a man, but my car is a woman) cant decide whether she is black or white. She also cant decide whether she is a good car, or a piece of shit. Let me tell you our story together thus far..

I bought her December of 06. We had a good couple of years, just basic maintenance. January of 09 roles around, her engine decided to die on me. At this point, my car was more than half paid off. So got a loan from my bank, which brought my loan back up to where i started 2 years before. Got her a new engine (her new nose job as I say) She was back up and running.
A month later, someone decided to steal her right out of her parking stall at my apartment. It was a very un fun experience for me. They found her the next morning in West Salt Lake, back window shattered, and steering column broken. They took check stubs from the glove box, and a few other things. They towed her to the local mechanic through my insurance. I had to come up with $500 for my deductible to get my car fixed. I was pretty pissed, I pay my insurance a ton already, and than I have to pay to fix my car, when I didnt break it! So I go to my bank, get a credit card, to pay for this damn car. Pay for it, get it back in one piece, and she's back up and running once again.
A few months later, July 4th weekend, James, Lexi, and I are driving up to Logan to camp with friends. When MJ, decides to be pissy, and over heat, and turn on her engine light! We pull over off the Farmington exit, and walk 15 min to a local gas station to get coolant. We fill up the radiator, sit for a while, to let her cool down. We take it to Checker in Kaysville, to get the code from the engine light. Code was for the thermostat sensor. We decide to still take my car on to Logan, and figure it out when we got home. A few weeks later, I buy the parts needed to fix the problem. By then, the engine light had gone off, and not over heated in while. So we hold onto the parts, and wait a while.
Then about a week after buying those parts, my car is stolen once again. This time from James apartment. I waited around for the cops to call or show up, and they finally called. They put her on the national list, and said if you find it, let us know. I hoped they wouldnt find her. But a few hours later, they found her. A few streets away from his apartment. I go to pick it up, she is still running, and they stole my radio, broke the air vent above radio, and broke the key ignition, so anything put in the hole could start or turn off my car. Luckily they didnt take my newly bought parts in my glove box. I take her to the insurance claim place, and get a check for $150 for the difference of the deductible I should pay. A few days later, I tried to jam the key in the ignition to fix it, which it did! I saved myself tons of money. Still no radio though. A few weeks later, I put the old stock radio back in. She was almost back to normal.
Then about a month or so later, she was stolen once again, yes again. I was hoping again, that she did not come back. I did not want her found, or at least find her in pieces. I wanted a new car, and MJ to be gone. Around this time, is when the real MJ passed away, so I was thinking, well its her time now too! So 4 days passed, I was crossing my fingers, that my wish had come true. But around the 4th day, they found her, a couple blocks away from James place. In one piece, nothing taken, nothing broken. Guess they realized they had taken this car before, and it sucks!!!
James then takes my car with him to work, and puts the new thermostat in for me. Brings it home, and now it is leaking coolant somewhere. Back to square one. We try and find the leak, but couldn't. I drive it to work a few days, it was ok, if i kept it full of coolant. Week goes by, and its overheating bad. It leaked a whole thing of coolant in one day, and I didnt realize it. We find one leak, in one of the hoses. I buy a new hose, replace it. Hoping my problem was solved. Nope. We then find a crack in my radiator. I go and buy some poxy stuff, put it over the crack to hold til I could buy a new radiator.
Then a week later, my cars transmission is acting up, my car wont shift gears. I was so scared to drive it. I took it to a local mechanic, and they said it was a plug that had come loose for the transmission. So glad it wasnt worse. So I save up the money, buy a club for the steering wheel, so nobody will take my car again, and buy a radiator. Put the new radiator in, clean my engine some, and she was back up and running good once again. But not for long.
My engine light came on, and spedometer stopped working. It would tell me I was going 60 when i was going 15, and would just jump around all the time. Looked up the problem, and it said it was the Vehicle Speed Sensor. I put the problem off for a while, cuz it was just the spedometer, and I didnt have money for the part. Well months go buy, and the spedometer is still not working, and than my transmission starts to act up again. Like seriously, what more could happen!?! So I bring it to a mechanic to see whats goin on, they say, with the spedometer not working, its either the fuse blown, or the Vehicle Speed Sensor, or a wiring problem. And whatever it is, is what is causing your transmission to act up. So I think, simple problem, simple solution, right? Wrong. We check the fuse, its fine, we buy a new Sensor, change it, still doesnt work.
So a week or so goes by, and here I am today. We checked, and found a sensor broken, and think it is the Drive Pulley Speed Sensor, which would make sense, if we are right. But now the problem is, how to fix it??
I know you are thinking, why not just buy a new car? Well I have tried. My insurance has gone up, from a recent drivers license check, and would go up more, with a new car. Also, I start school in a month, so cant afford a higher car payment. So I am stuck with crazy MJ. Black or white? Bad car or good car? Either way, she needs to decide.