Take my car...Please!

So, my dad, a man I love and admire, told me my best bet is to get my transmission fixed so that I have a decent trade-in when I purchase my new car. So, I will be spending $1400, then having to get body work done because of the idiot who backed into me, and may, if I am lucky, get $2000 as a trade-in. Really folks, it hardly seems worth it, but what do I know? That is why I ask my daddy these things.

So, the place I am taking it to, which is actually giving me quite a deal, said to let them know in advance when it will be in, because they want a place in the garage to lock it up, because Sebrings are one of the most stolen cars around.

So, I got to thinking...
Why not park my car by a service garage, and post a huge sign on the windshield...something like...

"Miss Bethie,
We hid the key in the front driver's side wheel well. Thanks for your business."

Then I would get an insurance check and would come out ahead of the game!

Then, my wise, wise father told me that even if a car thief took it, when it didn't get out of first, they would probably ditch it a block away where it would easily be found and returned to me, and then I would be even further behind on my purchasing a new vehicle, because I would still need to get it fixed.

DANG! That man is never wrong!