We Passed!

Several weeks ago I wrote about our car troubles and how much they were costing us. This past week, The Husband took my car to get smogged and I held my breath until he got home.

I’m so happy to say that my car passed smog!

Weeks ago, when my check engine light came on, The Husband worked with a very good mechanic friend of ours to try to diagnose the problem. The “little code machine” came back with a code indicating it was an emissions issue. Our mechanic friend worried we might need a new catalytic converter. The price of replacing that ran anywhere from $800 - $1500. After everything we have dropped on vehicles in the last 2 months, we weren’t looking forward to having to do that too.

The Husband worked some magic and did a few things and then reset the check engine light. Happily, it hasn’t come back on since then, and now even more happily, our car passed smog.

Our luck with cars hasn’t been stellar lately. Our once healthy car repair envelope quickly dwindled to zero and then negatives. It currently sits at about $50. (Bonus, that is after paying for smog!) Each month we add $100 to our car envelope and any leftover money from our gas envelope. It, of course, is not growing as quickly as I would like it to.

I’m just so happy my car passed smog. Once The Husband got home, I was able to breathe a big sigh of relief and praise God for the simple blessing!

Two days later and I’m still on a high over this one!!!