Learn To Save Your Money

First off Happy Thanksgiving! Please be thankful for what you have and make the most of such a holiday by spending time with those close to you.

On Wednesday I went to my local MVA’s emission center to get my car’s emission test completed, which was due within the next 2 weeks. The car that was to be tested is my daily driver/beater car which is an early 90’s Honda. In the past 7 years the car’s power windows seem to be going up and down a lot slower than normal. Due to this I hardly use the windows and have flipped the switch which disables all the windows exept the driver’s window. The employee at the emission center went to put the driver’s window down during the test. My vehicle passed the emissions test, but when I got in the car to put the window up, it would not go up. I tried to put the window up a few minutes later, but it still would not go up. Next I thought I could pull and then push the window up with some force, yet this did not work. Unfortunately I had to return to work, but luckily my car is parked in a secure lot. Only problem was that it rained a lil that afternoon. I tried to cover the driver’s seat and part of the door panel with some spare towels I had. Before leaving to go home I “Googled” to see if anyone has fixed such window issues. I was ready to drop my car off that evening at my local mechanic’s shop and pay them to fix this. They have done this before for one of my rear passenger windows. Upon checking out some forums and we sites, I decided that I could try to fix my window poblem. Heck, it was already broken, so I can’t do much more damage. When I got home, I opened the driver’s door panel and saw that the window was off the power window motor’s rail. I put the window back on the rail and then connected the door panel wiring to make sure the power window worked. After testing the switch, I put the window up. In order to prevent this from happening in the future, I disconnected the cable which goes to the power controls of the windows. Soon I put the door panel back together. All of this took about an hour and I guess it saved me about $100 which I was ready to spend at the mechanic’s.

The advise I wish to give is don’t have any fear at trying to fix something yourself. Ofcourse, this may vary from situation, but if something is broken, research how to fix the problem, and try to fix the problem. Through this you learn a new skill and save some money.