Most definitely. Over the summer my car was in for three weeks to get the tranny gaskets replaced and earlier in the summer was in for about the same time to get the swaybar and and one of the front susp brackets replaced. I would seriously get depressed over the absence of my Bo ... getting behind the wheel and playing a favorite CD while driving through the back roads around here is such a pick-me-up.

I've been "lucky" to have my grandmothers car as a back-up when Bo's had trouble. I use the quotations because its a mixed bag. On the plus, side no rental and I can get whereever I need to go. On the minus side, her car is no jewel to drive. It is a late-90s Isuzu Trooper and it rides like a mechanical bull, steers like a rock and has the turning radius of the Titanic. It was not a well taken care of car. My grandmother can no longer drive it (legally blind) but sits in it as a sunroom. Before that my grandfather drove it while he was very senile and once back it through the garage door all the way to the rear of the garage. Anyway, it's not fun to drive at all. If I drive in it for a long time, I actually get a sore back, neck and arms. And a sore brain!

My other backup is to borrow my dad's GMC Safari ... which has solid rear panels instead of windows ... it's harder to drive because of visability, also gets blown all over the road (a big tin can). But it's amusing and is not a bad vehicle for what it is (a work van).

Hopefully someday I'll have a full stable of MB diesels, so I won't have to suffer so much when Bo is under the knife.

But every time I get in my car when it gets back from the shop, I never fail to be amazed at what an impressive vehicle it is. It's my drug of choice, and yes, I do go through withdrawl.