Stranded

My car has been out of commission for nearly a week now. Does it seem right for the timing chain to go out on a vehicle with 80,000 miles on it? To me, it doesn't... but what do I know?

I didn't get it towed to a dealer because it was 20,000 miles past its warranty, and I'm sure the dealer would've charged more (arm, leg, other body part). The downside of that is, the repair shop has to order parts from the dealership, which in turn has to order parts from South Korea. (Hopefully, the Fed-Ex plane carrying my parts won't get shot down by one of those North Korean Double-Dong missiles, or whatever they're called.)

I am not the kind of person who likes to be without his car. It doesn't even matter if I ACTUALLY would've gone anywhere. It's just the notion that I COULDN'T go anywhere, even if I wanted to. And forget about public transportation; I live somewhat out in the boonies. Now, I like where I live, don't get me wrong... but we're more likely to get the Pony Express than a bus. That's just the nature of the beast. Plus, I'm not really a public transportation kinda guy. I'm more like a "hop in the car and go when I want to" kinda guy. Really.

I also missed three days of work. Hey, who wanted to go on a vacation anyway, right? I mean, if I was going to have three days off from work, it would've been nice to have a car to drive, so that I could've actually gone somewhere and done something!!! Sheesh!!!

The good news is, I was able to borrow a car so that I could get to work today. The bad news is, it's a BIGGGGGG car (kind of like driving a school bus in comparison), and will end up costing me a lot more to get to work than my little Chevy Aveo would.

What's the number of that repair shop again?