Well, in retrospect, I was "pampering" my car and out of the blue the big light comes on that says "I need a new alternator"

How about that

Oh well, all better now.

I could just stand in the garage all night, stare at the car in it's unfortunate down time and still love the car. Heck, when I was waiting on a tranny last year, I would just stand and stare in amazement.....

I wouldn't say I love it