Bad Car Karma

AN ODE TO MY BAD CAR KARMA

So my car gave up on me the other day. She just completely stopped in the middle of an intersection and tapped out. Oh Sheila (that's what I call my 96 pontiac sunfire..dont hate) how could you throw in the towel after all we've been through! It hasn't even been a year! Since I've lived in New york it is my 5th car. That's 5 cars in 5 years. Now I know what that sounds like, it sounds like I am either A) an irresponsible crazy driver that probably totals all her cars or B) an irresponsible crazy driver who doesn't take care of her cars, but seriously the truth is that i have really bad luck with cars. After numerous amounts of my cars breaking down on me, getting totaled, or getting stolen I have chalked this all up to "bad car karma". If you dont believe me then please review my complete history of my bad car karma for you to make your own assessment as to why i cannot keep a car:

2003: I owned a 2002 Dodge intrepid. I had it for 6 months before it was stolen out of the parking lot of my job (which so happened to be the police chiefs headquarters) in broad day light while I was working. I was probably the happiest person to have their car stolen because it was insured for more then I owed on it, but as bad car karma goes, they found the car 1 day before the time limit was up for them to cut me a check and consider it gone.

2004: I owned a 2003 Pontiac grand prix. I had it for a little over a year when it was "stolen" and driven to Mexico but recovered less then a week later with the micro chipped key in the ignition which led our insurance company to claim it was a botched "insurance job" and denied our claim for necessary repairs.

2005: I owned a 1996 pontiac sunfire (red). After having the car for less then a year I awoke one morning to find half of my car missing. A garbage truck had side swiped it overnight while i was sleeping and totaled it. I mean literally half of the car was gone.

2006: I owned a 1996 Neon also for less then 6 months, which my cousin totaled in front of my apartment building when he was backing it out into oncoming traffic without paying attention (and also without my permission).

2006: I owned a 1998 Kia which the same cousin got impounded the same week I just bought it because he decided that he was gonna take it out for a test drive and get pulled over while I was sleeping. Before I had even registered the car. Or insured the car. And once again without my permission (I left the car in the impound)

2007: I owned a 1996 Pontiac firebird which we called the "death box" it sounded like an airplane every time I drove it and it shook like crazy if i went over 30 miles. Eventually it began over heating so bad that we had to carry a gallon of water in my car and every stop we made we had to refill the water pump. 3 months and $700 later there was no hope and I had to junk her.

And now I own another 1996 Pontiac sunfire. So far I have owned the car for less then a year and have had the passenger window shattered and radio stolen, not once, not twice, not three times...oh no ladies and gentelman but 6 times. Thats right I have been through six radios and windows in less then a year (God i luv the bronx) and no it wasnt personal cus all the cars surrounding mine were broken into too. Seriously the last time i had a $50 radio that didnt even work! I felt like leaving a sign on my window: "door is unlocked help yourself....please dont break window! Costs more then radio!"

But Im not lettin this car go without a fight. Im gonna fight my bad car karma! I dont know how though.....anyone have any suggestions? Maybe I should buy a motorcycle instead?