car troubles

pedro is dead.
pedro is my car, if anyone was wondering, which is probably everyone because i don't refer him to pedro that often, so no one knows. but i call him pedro.
but he's dead! temporarily (i hope).
i was driving down to provo and when i got to about 10600 S, it started smelling like burning tires...i slightly ignored it, but then noticed all the lights popping up on my dashboard. so i decided to get off the freeway at 11400 S. so i do, and as i'm trying to turn right, i realize that my steering wheel is locked.
i get really scared, really fast.
so i attempt to turn right again, so get off the main road and then my car starts making freaky noises. i'm on the phone with my dad, trying to explain, and i'm also crying because car problems freak me out.
so i flip on my hazard lights and sit on the side of the road as cars speed past me. my dad tells me to wait and that he'll be there in about 10 minutes. i ask him if i should turn the car off, because the lights are flickering and everything sounds weird, but he tells me no and to keep warm. i ask again if he's sure, because the flickering lights are really creeping me out and he says, "well, if the engine catches fire just get out of the car."
so now i'm really crying and really freaked out and i turn off the car.
10 minutes pass, i'm freezing, dad is here, he checks the car out. can't turn it back on.
he realizes he forgot a tow rope. so we call mom. she comes out here. we tow the car into the carmax parking lot. talk to an employee. they can probably fix it. and then dad drives me to provo. and now i'm car-less for a few days and it's totally weird.
so happy mlk day to everyone!