To those of you that had to sit in traffic on 217 south yesterday at 5pm, I apologize. I hit the brakes too late and ass-ended a Nissan Xterra. My 97 Chevy Lumina is done for I think. The front end it mashed up pretty bad, radiator done, and probably more, I didn't look at it too much, it just pissed me off. Not to mention I got a $300 ticket for following too close, I wouldn't have been nearly as upset if it weren't for the ticket. I was probably going to sell the car in the next year anyway. The dang brakes locked up and wouldn't unlock as I skidded on wet pavement into the back of the Nissan, oh well.
So the question is, I will probably only get $2500-3000 out of the Chevy and would like to buy something that gets good mileage for under 3k. Any suggestions? Or better yet do I have a snowball's chance in hell of fighting the ticket and if so how?
I guess overall I can thank God I'm safe and nobody was hurt, it could be worse.