Family crisis: need super reliable ~$2-3k automatic in Cincy/Dayton area

Dr. Hess wrote: Getting rid of the cat will not get rid of the cat allergens for a very long time. If it's temporary, deal with the allergy, unless it is life threatening.

Pretty much this. Getting rid of the cat won't matter much short term even with a thorough cleaning or three. Took me a year+ to be able to live in our current house without (many) cat allergy issues. It wasn't even the previous owner that had cats but the one before that so it had already been almost 2 years since a cat had been in the house.

If the allergies are severe enough getting rid of the cat won't be enough. And if they're not that severe and it's temporary the cat physically being there or not won't make much of a difference.

If we're talking not deadly severe, but bad enough to be more than an annoyance and also long term, that't when getting rid of the cat starts to be attractive. But the payout is a long time down the road.

Jerry wrote: In reply to Rusted_Busted_Spit: Thanks. I realize the weekend was so busy I didn't call any of these Sunday. And got another call from my mom reading a text forwarded by the kid that was from her parents (forget mom or stepdad now) that sounded very formal as they told her she was no longer welcome to live there. I have yet to hear anything this goddamn kid has supposedly done wrong... And mom broke into sobs asking me if anyone could take her cat so she could live there (kid's allegic). I seriously want to go over there and make them both fall off a cliff. (Now I have to buy a car AND place a 3-legged half-tailed cat. If I didn't have the pit bull I'd just take it myself, it's temporary)

I obviously don't know the full backstory, but the girl's mom seems like a horrible person.

So your stepsister is letting her dirtbag husband assault and then kick out her daughter? Is her daughter over 18?

Just curious at this point as he sounds like a real sleaze.

ok, I broke my brain on this part:

"And got another call from my mom reading a text forwarded by the kid that was from her parents (forget mom or stepdad now) that sounded..."

I was planning on letting the Volvo go to a GRM'er for $2kish sometime in the summer, as I'm planning on buying a newish car and 13 year old cars get nothing on trade-in. Still needs a cam gear ($250, plus special tool needed) if one doesn't want to clear the check engine light every so often. Has a bunch of new parts too - brake lines, rear calipers, rear cat, summer tires, struts.

But if you can actually find a Corolla or something in that price range, definitely go that route.