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I took my daughter to school today, went to the store, and then came home to change shoes before I went to a meeting. After changing my shoes then the Suburban wouldn't start. From all indications the the starter went out.

Not lucky that the starter went out but a few things that were lucky is that it went out in my drive way not clear across town. The other lucky thing was that my in-laws truck was at my house and that I hadn't parked in front of it like I usually do.

Vehicles are just wonderful sometimes aren't they.

at least you were at home. i went to pick up my daughter from school and went to open the back door of the car (the one that got fixed in the accident) and the door handle came right off. i busted up laughing.

Oh absolutely lol, its probably going to take about 600 to get my blazer up and out of the garage again. Plus it needs new tires.

Reminds me of when all the lights failed on my sisters lumina because of a coroded wire in the fuse box.

I know, and its ultra lame. Used to be that if your starter went out or your battery was dead you could put the car in neutral and push start it...not no more. The most ridiculous things are connected too, like the trunk release button somehow messes up the overhead light in my sisters new ford focus...its like wtf does that have to do with that. Press trunk release button...overhead light stops working until you slam the trunk lid a couple times without using the button to open it. Or having the dash board lights being connected to the tail lights so that if you have the fuse for your tail light goes out so do your dash lights. Its stupid.

The ultra complicated car computers that are super expensive to replace are stupid as well. I mean seriously since when did we need all of that to get a car to burn gasoline and move it down the road. Cars were never that complicated in the 20's-mid 90's. Heck if it weren't for not wanting to do a restoration i'd rather own a car from 1970-1980 than the most expensive new car available.

Not without expensive diagnostic computer's and ridiculous tools that are specialized for just one thing. Like the special tool that's required to replace the rear struts on a 1996 chevy lumina. (learned that the hard way)
Give me a 1980's pick-up or suv...preferably a suburban or yukon...heck a bronco or blazer at that.
If i could get a blazer motor from a 92-96 blazer or chevy s-10 pickup for cheap the rest of my blazer is fantastic. Very little rust, no exhaust or fuel problems, freshly rebuilt transmission, great 4wd, just the motor is kinda sketchy lol. My buddy will put the motor in for the cost of the motor and a hundred bucks if i agree to cook out for him lol.