That is probably a mis-leading title, come to think of it. I have a temporary situation with a car, not that I need a car temporarily. :)
I have a VW TDI that is part of the emissions recall. I plan on turning the car in sometime in the next six months-ish, whenever I find a replacement car that I like on craigstlist. I have narrowed down pretty much exactly what I want and am now just scouring the ads, checking things out, and waiting until the right thing pops up. I checked out a promising replacement two weekends ago that bombed at the pre-purchase check. All of this is a way of saying that I will be replacing the car on a timeline that is somewhat undetermined and a little out of my control.
The TDI needs a little maintenance work. It needs a regular oil change (good for a year), the front wheels are misaligned which is a bit annoying to drive, and more importantly it is very close to needing new tires. Since we have been getting a lot of rain this year, that is the biggest thing that concerns me. I hit a massive pothole that opened up due to the storms recently that killed one of my tires. We replaced it with a used tire but the tire place cautioned that all of them would need replacing soon.
Right now I am thinking: screw the front end alignment, ignore the oil change for now, keep driving on the tires in hopes I can find a replacement car within the next month. If a month goes past and I still don't have a replacement car, price out a new set of used tires for the car. I'm loathe to put any money in this thing but on the other hand, I want to be safe on the road. What would you do? Am I missing anything here?