While I have genuine sympathy for 8-year-old you, this has made for a thoroughly entertaining story which current you can tell, I and several of my friends I shared it with have laughed thoroughly, one of them remarked:

  That sounds like me….
  Legit, the pre-car inspection and the radio killed me
  Remember it like it was yesterday

Kind of interesting for humans that things like this which at the time are so painful can be amazing to reminisce about years later.