Cars: What would we do without 'em

Yesterday my daughter called me. (The one that lives in St. Cloud... we were just at her house in St.Cloud on Saturday for our grandson's fourth birthday). She was all stressed out. Her car died on the way to work. She normally works in St. Cloud. However on Wednesdays, she has to drive into their Twin Cities office. My over-the-phone diagnosis turned out to be accurate. Her a/c compressor on her 1995 Buick Regal seized up, belt broke, and of course she lost her power steering in the process, and car died on the side of the road.

Dad (that would be me - HH) calls family mechanic to have car towed back to the shop; mechanic picks up car and drops daughter off at work; dad picks daughter up after work; decision was made not to have it repaired at the shop because it was too expensive relative to value of car; dad pays for tow; boyfriend of another daughter of mine drives up after work to the station and tows car back to his house to see if he can get it back in operation for less money; he loans his 2nd hand car to Mrs. HH so Mrs. HH can loan her 2004 Malibu to daughter so she has a more reliable car to drive for a few days. Cars - what a pain in the ass.