Gotta love cars

For the last couple weeks, my car has been a little difficult to start on some mornings...now remember were not talking about some fancy new car, we are talking about a 10 year Grand Prix.  I have never had the battery replaced so I figured it needed a new battery since when I tried to start the car it behaved like I left a door open all night and the battery was drained.  The lesson I learned is that just because you go in for a new battery doesn't mean that you leave with a receipt for a battery change....instead two hours later and $450 lighter in the wallet, I was the new proud owner of a new battery and also a new starter!  Fyi...Starters are expensive.  My view is that these random "repairs" are far cheaper than a down payment and monthly payments on a new car.