Cursed Car?

Okay, I'm usually not one to be superstitious about a car, but I swear my Jeep Cherokee is cursed.

We bought the Jeep as a fixxer-upper. We knew that it needed a freeze plug in the back of the block. No big deal, I've done transmissions before. We buy the Jeep, and it's barely leaking. We get it up to temp, still holding just fine. Up the road a few miles, I lose all of my water.

No big deal, I put in a bottle of Bars Stop Leak and I'm on my way. For about 15 feet.

We decided to just tow the thing home. Great, spending $200 to tow a $600 Jeep home.

Everything during disassembly goes without a hitch, except that I found that just about everything had been neglected on this Jeep. Poor rust repair, pure water for coolant, questionable fluids. Whatever, it's a cheap Jeep, I should have inspected it better.

The day I get the freeze plug installed, our Doxies somehow got to our 1 week old kitten. Didn't turn out well.

The day I get the transmission installed, my parents had a break in, with their plasma TV, about $500 in jewelry, about $250 in my great grandfather's coins, and $1000 in cash were stolen. That same night, someone breaks into our car, steals a $50 flashlight, an aircraft cockpit light, my wife's bag of MAC makeup (about $200 worth of makeup), my power inverter, and a bunch of other small things.

The day I get the Jeep moving under its own power again, my father jack knifes his landscaping trailer into his Ridgeline. Did about $1500 worth of damage, but he didn't bother having it professionally fixed, because as he states, "It's a truck, and I'm going to treat it like one."

I fix the idle in the Jeep and get it running like it should, and my uncle (the one we had to kick out of the house we're living in now because he hadn't payed rent in 2 years) showed up on our doorstep. He's being held in county lockup on some pretty serious charges.

I've wanted to get rid of the Jeep since the 2 break ins. I'll lose almost all of the money I've put into it, but it will be gone. The issue then becomes finding transportation for me. We've been looking at getting something financed (DOES NOT WANT), but the terms are unfavorable considering I don't want something brand new.

We're saving up for a down payment on something, but if I can get this stupid thing running without it killing someone, I can save up and pay cash instead. Obviously, paying cash would be a lot better.

I know this is kind of a rant, but does anyone have any clue as to what I should do? I've threatened the Jeep, and as of this moment, it's all fine. I told it I would drive it into a tree if it didn't stop berkeleying with me. It's really getting old.

Sounds more like life is cursed and the Jeep happened to show up at the same time. That said, with the Jeeps potential to strand you I might throw a bike in the back. Beats walking.

Cursed cars cause the problems, this is just an innocent bystander.

I had a cursed dirt bike. I bought it from a guy at work who broke his neck on it. He spent a long time in one of those fixed braces and still can't turn his head much. I broke a few ribs on it my second ride and sold it shortly thereafter. A few weeks later, the guy I sold it to hit a tree head on and broke his jaw, cheek bone, and bunch of other stuff. He ended in the hospital for several weeks recovering. The engineering VP put a mass e-mail out declaring that no one in engineering was allowed to purchase the deathcycle. I'm not sure where it went after that but I'm sure it left a trail of destruction in its wake.

reminds me of the story behind "Little Bastard", or Archduke Franz Ferdinand's 1914 Graf & Stift (look it up, that thing was more possessed than James Dean's 550...). although, I do agree, it just seems like the timing was wrong on this Jeep, but the coincidences are there... Maybe this thing just plain doesn't want to be fixed, maybe it wants to die in peace and is punishing you for not letting that happen

Maybe the jeep is just part of your curse, and not the cause of the curse? And I know what MAC makeup is...My wife is into makeup as well...:(

Joey

One thing that bothers me now that I think about it, is that the guys I bought it from were fixing it and then decided to sell it. So far, I've spent less than $20 for parts. Fluids will be quite a bit because I'm doing all of the fluids. Now that I look back on it, that does seem a little odd. I didn't buy it from grandma that had to take it to the shop to get fixed, I bought it from a father and son that were making a project out of it.

I still think running it into a tree is the best exit strategy. I'll film it for you guys.

If you film it do not try to collect the insurance, I've seen that episode of caught on tape and it didn't turn out to well.

It's a clapped out beater. I'm not keeping full coverage on something this crusty. Liability only, my man.

I will take donations, however.

I got the cooling system 90% completed today. I need to add in a tee and get a thermostat in there. The old thermostat was really grody looking, and I'm having to flush the system out, so a new one will go in once it's flushing clean.