Changing a starter in the parking lot

I think this kind of sums up driving an old car daily. I just put a new waterpump on last weekend that required 3 trips to the parts store to finally get the right one and required removing almost EVERY SINGLE BOLT ON THE FRIGGIN' CAR! Well, seemed like it, never want to do that again (it's my Ford, not the Dart). Cranked and drove great Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday MORNING, but just spun the starter Wed night. We are working all day Saturday, so Sunday I'll be on my back in the company parking lot swapping starters, cool, huh? The funny thing is, I don't mind so much. I'm kind of looking forward to it. God knows when I was a kid and drove the Dart everywhere, I made more difficult repairs with less in worse places! All the people in the office think I'm crazy for not buying another new car, but several of the guys in the plant have offered to show up on Sunday - OFF THE CLOCK - to help! That's the differance between car people and everyone else, I just keep smiling, and they just shake their heads.