The car gods are smiting me :(

I've had very bad luck with cars lately....it all began with Gerry (my '99 VW Passat) breaking down when I went to get my grandmother from the airport. I sent it to the VW dealership to get fixed, spent $750, and got it back with the same problems. Plus, they turned my rotors, so the shuddering (when I brake) stopped, but then my brakes were squeaking, which they weren't doing before. So I took my car somewhere local, and they fixed the squeaking, but the shuddering came back. As for the main problems, they told me their computers determined my car is in perfect condition...And they broke my center console compartment-thing. I was pretty upset about that.

While Gerry was getting "fixed", I drove my mom's car...a pearl-white '99 Lexus SC300. On my way to the audition for "Oklahoma!", a  high school girl failed to stop at stop sign, and hit my mom's car. Fortunately her dad was a cop, and he determined it was 100% her fault, and agreed to pay for the whole thing.

When my mom used her car, I drove the '94 candy-red Miata. (By the way, I LOVE driving that car!)...But, of course, as soon as I drove it, I got pulled over because the registration AND inspection were expired. I told the officer that it wasn't even my car (I guess that's not the BEST thing to tell a law-enforcer), but he understood that it's my parents', and only issued me a warning. I took it to get inspected, and it didn't pass because  one of the parking lights was out, but when they replaced the bulb, it didn't work. So I had to take that one to the Mazda dealership to get fixed, and they said it worked fine. :/   SOOO, I eventually got everything with that car taken care of.

After the local service shop determined there was nothing wrong with my car, lo and behold, Gerry worked fine (without any extra service done)...Until today. The check engine light came on, on the way to my grandmother's house. Which is where I am right now. And my dad told me to take it back to the local shop--the one that turned my brakes back to their original problem, broke my center console-thing, and determined there is nothing else wrong with my car that constantly acts like it's going to stall. Ha. Whatever.

Anyone interested in purchasing a clean, beautiful, green '99 VW Passat with brand new rear brakes, brand new hubcaps, brand new a-ton-of-other-things, and virtually no problems?