I will double check what was done on Monday but they were supposed to inspect and check out everything. I would assume that includes all belts/hoses/etc. and the only thing they recommended doing under the hood was a new battery and then new wiper blades, both of which I expected, and a 10,000 mile fuel system check-up and service since the car had not been seen at all since hitting the 10k mile mark.

I did find a whole bunch of service invoices/receipts from the dealer from 2004-2009 but I haven't looked through them all yet, it's possible they changed the belt there if it was due for it.

I suspect the belt is original. No worries. If the belt looks good then roll with it. :yeah:

Well one thing I got sorted is that I was able to renew the registration online, the new card and sticker will be mailed to mom's address but should be forwarded to my uncle. Just have to notify him that he should be looking for it in a couple of weeks and that I need to get it from him ASAP once he receives it.

At least once I have the new sticker on the tags I won't have to worry so much about getting the title sorted out, as long as the reg is good I can keep driving it and have plenty of time to go get the tags switched over once that's possible. I called the lawyer Monday and he said he would check on it and call me back Tuesday which of course he didn't. :stare:

I bet you were charged for the call. Lawyers start the clock as soon as they say, "Hello." :doh:

Well mom's estate will be charged I'm sure but in the long run it all boils down to the same thing. Except the extra cost will end up being divided amongst three heirs so I got a 2/3 discount on the deal. :O:

One reason I went ahead and renewed the tags online, according to my sister when they met with him almost a month ago he said transferring the title should just take "a couple weeks" and he would see that it got done right away as my uncle was convinced that I needed a car ASAP. (Not quite true, but let him think that if it makes things go faster.)

But now it's been a month and I haven't heard anything, I call and he says he'll check on it the next morning and call me back, which he doesn't... I'm not going to spend another 2-3 weeks going back and forth on the phone just to get an idea of how much longer it will be, and maybe get stuck with expired tags because by the time I got an answer (or the title in my hand) it was too late to do anything except go to the BMV in person and pay an extra fee for being late on top of the fee for switching the registration into my name.

I don't blame you one bit. Get the car sorted yourself. Be happy!

I'm trying to tell my sister (and so is her husband) that we need to be proactive in getting things done and not be waiting on everybody else - the lawyer, our uncle (who lives about an hour away) or our brother (who lives out of state).

Like with the house, it needs to be on the market, like, yesterday. Houses do not show well or sell in the winter months. It needs to be appraised ASAP and have a For Sale sign up NOW.

They chose an appraiser when they met with the lawyer. The lawyer was supposed to take care of setting up the appraisal, the appraiser was supposed to call our aunt to arrange a time to go out there. Has any of it been done? WE DON'T KNOW. No one has called any of us, or our uncle AFAIK, with any update on that.

The house also has to be emptied out, carpets cleaned, minor repairs made if necessary, to be ready to show. Has that been done? No, because somebody's waiting on somebody else who hasn't done anything because somebody else said that our uncle said something else had to be done first. Don't get me wrong, our uncle is wonderful, we know he'll do everything he can as best he can, but there is no reason for him to be in a big hurry about settling things. The continued expenses on the house are coming out of *our* inheritance, not his. And we already know that he sometimes doesn't remember exactly what was said about what needs to be done.

It's a choice of either putting stuff up for auction, or having a big sale and selling it ourselves. So after talking to my brother-in-law - who is trying to push things along as best he can, but he's not an heir so there's a limit to what he can do - I looked up the local auction place that does estate auctions. They will come out and look over everything and either say "yes, we can have an auction with this" or "no, sorry, have a yard sale." Well, one way or the other, we'll know. Then when I tell my sister I have the number and we should call, she says, oh I have their business card, I've had it since the week after mom died. But has anybody called them? No.

Because we're waiting on somebody else to show up, do something, weigh in on the decision, or being misled by one person telling us what another told them a third person said... argh. Just call the place and have them go out there and give us an answer. Then we can go to our brother and our uncle and say, okay, here's the deal, we can have an auction, are we all agreed, fine, then anything you want needs to be out of the house by <insert date> or it goes to auction and we divide the proceeds.

Or, no we can't have an auction, so let's set a date for our own sale, fine, whatever you want get it out before then otherwise it gets sold and anything not sold goes to charity. If you don't show up to help with the sale, you don't get a say in what we sell stuff for nor do you get a say in what happens to the leftovers.

I said after mom died that even with our uncle as executor and trustee it would be me & my sister (and her husband) that ended up doing most of the work and that will probably be the case.

I would venture to guess getting all sort can take up to 6 months. However, I agree that acting quickly would be in the best interest for all involved.

Well, got the fuel door latch release button fixed on the Sonata. Had to leave it for a couple days because I couldn't get in there to pick it up until this evening.

Also got rid of the Chevy at the same time, I'd left a message last week for the guy at the shop who wanted to buy it. He called me a couple days ago and offered me $250 cash which he said he could have for me this afternoon if I could get the title signed over and notarized. I said - "SOLD!" :D

Don't know if he got a deal or if I got a deal and I don't care. It's gone, I've got the plates, and my uncle and I will be meeting up to go to the Title/BMV office Saturday morning to get the rest of the necessary paperwork done. :yeah:

I think you are far far better off selling the Celebrity for $250.00. In short, take the money and run! Well, the $250.00 well help with getting new tags, etc. Good luck with the Sonota. I love my KIA. :DL

Yep. I just wanted to get it gone and get it off my insurance since I have a premium payment due on 9/1. Once I get the policy redone for the Sonata alone they can recalculate everything for the next term now instead of later and I don't end up paying more than I would need to for that first payment. Heck, I may even have a tiny credit from the rest of this term since I paid for both cars through the end of the month.

And I feel so much better about selling the Chevy to a mechanic and especially one who's been working on it for... gosh, at least a decade. He knows what he's getting and knows how to keep it running. And he was willing to pay cash money right away, so I think it was a good deal all around. :yep:

But man I can't remember the last time I was carrying this much cash. I usually only have $20-30 on me for things like buying quarters for laundry or small expenses that it would seem silly to whip out a card for. I can hardly get my billfold closed. :haha:

Makes me feel a little like...

http://topcultured.com/wp-content/up...ke-it-rain.jpg

:O:

Edit: and boy am I really loving the Sonata after driving the Chevy again for two days. I told a friend a couple weeks ago that I could hardly even tell when the Sonata started because I'd been driving a car that, when you turned the ignition key, you knew it was on because the whole thing vibrated. I got in the Sonata after dark for the first time last week and when I started it up I was like, WHOA! I felt like I was in the cockpit of the space shuttle, so many dials and buttons lit up. :haha:

Yesterday morning when I was driving to work in the Chevy I kept thinking - what is all that rattling? and the vibrations? OMG is this car going to break down just when I'm about to sell it? And then I realized, no, it's been like that for years, I just got spoiled after weeks of driving the other car everywhere.