thudthudthudthud

Now there is something seriously wrong with my car.  It seemed to have started Friday morning when I backed down my driveway real hard to the point where my front seemed to have hit a hole or an ice divot or something.  But when I got up to a moderate speed and steered (I think to the left, but it could have been to the right), I both heard and felt this rhythmic thudding.  It was similar to the time when I brought my car to a new shop (at least for me; I think the place has been where it is for years) to replace the sparkplugs and shortly after I left I heard this thumping noise whenever I braked.  It might be related for all I know.

But it's gotten worse.  It was bad driving on the highway down to downtown Friday after work, but it was OK taking the side streets back up home.  But then I drove it everywhere yesterday/Saturday and it was just bad no matter how or how fast I drove my car -- highway speeds or slow, steering to the left or to the right (actually, it might be OK steering to the right), accelerating or coasting.  It's OK while idling and that's it.

Now, I have to say that my car seems to be driving just fine.  The noises when I change lanes are getting louder and louder to the point where I don't think I can drive that thing until I get it fixed.  But ... if I weren't so damn anxious, could I just, you know, drive it like this, with the thumping getting louder and happening more and more often, because it's still driving right?  The thumping is a sign of something that will get worse, so eventually I would have to bring it in before I, like, break an axel.  But maybe I'm scaring myself.  Maybe I don't have to bring it in Tuesday or Wednesday like I think I will.

But I will.  I have Wednesday off, so maybe ideally that would be the day to bring it in.  But I have an itching to get this fixed ASAP, and I don't think The Mechanic Around The Corner has a spot for me Monday because I feel as though all the spots for the beginning of the week are already taken with cars whose owners want maintenance done on them.  So Tuesday it might be.  Speaking of days off, I was hoping for just one day to simply hang out and with my wang out with a care in the world.  Well, I have this to care about, so that ain't happenin'.  I also will probably have to spend a good plop of dough on, what, new shocks, a bearing, C/V joints, rotors?  I just got one of my credit card bills and Jesus fucking Christ, I'm going through a lot of money ... and I will be going through even more on my trip to Hawai'i.  And now, this on top of that.  And I hate all of this.