I'm no stranger to car troubles. I've owned cars that have left me stranded and screaming in the middle of an interstate on more than one occasion. Eventually, I learned that a little bit of preventative maintenance went a long way in terms of keeping me unstranded. Unfortunately, getting my mechanic to actually pay attention to me and fix the problems I could clearly hear were there was sometimes a more difficult process than dealing with a dead car. These are but some of those stories.