poor morti :(

i took my car (mortimur) in today cause he needed a little oil change...plus, he gives off an offensive burning gas odor whenever i drive him (which, coincidentally, isnt that often - due to said offensive odor). anyway! so i take him into Minute Lube (insert giggle here) for a check up. they change the oil, no problem.

(here i think that its appropriate to mention that i may or may not have gone in the ditch on my way back to school after christmas break...hmm did i mention this before? who knows..neway, yeah slippery roads + my awful girly driving = spinning several times on my way into the ditch + a scary, snowboard style skidding stop)

so that happened...and now i've been informed by the Minute Lube lady (giggle again) that poor Morti has a leak of somekind. okay so i'm what some might call 'car illiterate'...but i what got out of her explanation is this. -- either the transmition fluid (is there sucha thing? haha) or oil...is leaking. and dripping onto either the heater?? or radiator?? which is causing the smell -- and the lady said i can either get it fixed, or deal with the smell.

my gosh, i'm even more UN real-world independent than i originally thought. sad