Like most kids that come from lower-middle class families, my car is always just out of the shop or about to go in for some type of maintenance. But, when your car is sixteen years old, you start to expect these sort of things.

8. The fear in your heart when you hear a weird noise

These moments are always met with one of two feelings: "Please let it be nothing!" or "It's fine, it's just old and settling down"

7. The mechanic will definitely look a lot different to you.

You're instantly prepared for bad news.

6. Paying for anything, no matter how small, will always seem like a fortune because you for sure just spent at least $100 last month

It just never ends.

5. Picking someone up for the first time feels a lot like bringing them to a junkyard...

... and it just might kill them.

4. You will always treat your car like a baby because you know it needs it.

Everyone will make fun of you since your car is probably already falling apart but it's the little things that count.

3. Driving up to the mechanic's shop feels more like sending your child off to war.

And hoping for the best.

2. It will make you feel a lot like MacGyver when you figure out some crazy short term fix for an issue.

1. But in the end, it never matters because it will always be your car...

... and you love it, no matter what.