pooter vs. the automobile
lets review the past few months:
February: two tires replaced after one of them gets shredded to bits. they recommend i replace another one, sure why not. $200
March: squeeeeeeek....screeeeeeeech. time for new brakes. replace both brake pads, 1 rotor. $200
April: hey.....where did my brakes go? lose all brake pressure. this is pure bliss mind you. replace the brake system master cylinder. $600.
May: while driving chellis to work, on my day off, at 8am, my exhaust pipe that comes off the engine severs from the catalytic converter. this splendid pipe contains an oxygen sensor, that....senses.....oxygen.....in the exhaust. ok whatever. cost to stop my car from sounding like a B-17: $650
June: while driving to a gig in beverly my car starts to sound like a B-17 again, not as loud, but perfectly rumbly. my new $650 pipe is fine but the pipe that connects to the actual muffler is severed. i ripped the muffler off the car, it now resides in my trunk. i dont sound horrible, i sound like a g'd out honda, or nissan as it were. havent fixed it yet, but i figure another $200.
so this is where i stand. i have had nothing but horrific luck with cars over the past...well the whole fiscal year up to date. so this weekend i let my car have a break. i had a heavy weekend of driving ahead of me and didnt feel like running the car further into the ground. mother dear was gracious enough to let me use hers since she wasnt really going anywhere. this was a sweet deal considering that her car doesnt sound like a B-17 and it has A/C and a working radio!!!! holy shit!!!!! its also a V-6 which means its much more fun to drive. sorry nissan, but you need a break. well well well, driving back to boston yesterday with moms car, as soon as i get off the highway the engine temp just skyrockets. yippee yo kay yay. i had just just JUST had a flight lesson concerning emergency situations including fires or, you guessed it, overheating engines. so, if i were flying, i would have no problem. my only option in the car is to crank the heat and pull off the side of the road and shut off the engine and let it vent for awhile. nothing doin. the car is just roasting away. no steam, no leak, nothing but a realllly hot engine. i was supposed to drive back to RI last night so i could spend the day doing housework for mom in getting ready for my sisters wedding. instead, i am still in boston, waiting to hear back from the repair place so i can pay more money to have a car that isnt even mine fixed.
moral of the story: never piss into the wind.
February: two tires replaced after one of them gets shredded to bits. they recommend i replace another one, sure why not. $200
March: squeeeeeeek....screeeeeeeech. time for new brakes. replace both brake pads, 1 rotor. $200
April: hey.....where did my brakes go? lose all brake pressure. this is pure bliss mind you. replace the brake system master cylinder. $600.
May: while driving chellis to work, on my day off, at 8am, my exhaust pipe that comes off the engine severs from the catalytic converter. this splendid pipe contains an oxygen sensor, that....senses.....oxygen.....in the exhaust. ok whatever. cost to stop my car from sounding like a B-17: $650
June: while driving to a gig in beverly my car starts to sound like a B-17 again, not as loud, but perfectly rumbly. my new $650 pipe is fine but the pipe that connects to the actual muffler is severed. i ripped the muffler off the car, it now resides in my trunk. i dont sound horrible, i sound like a g'd out honda, or nissan as it were. havent fixed it yet, but i figure another $200.
so this is where i stand. i have had nothing but horrific luck with cars over the past...well the whole fiscal year up to date. so this weekend i let my car have a break. i had a heavy weekend of driving ahead of me and didnt feel like running the car further into the ground. mother dear was gracious enough to let me use hers since she wasnt really going anywhere. this was a sweet deal considering that her car doesnt sound like a B-17 and it has A/C and a working radio!!!! holy shit!!!!! its also a V-6 which means its much more fun to drive. sorry nissan, but you need a break. well well well, driving back to boston yesterday with moms car, as soon as i get off the highway the engine temp just skyrockets. yippee yo kay yay. i had just just JUST had a flight lesson concerning emergency situations including fires or, you guessed it, overheating engines. so, if i were flying, i would have no problem. my only option in the car is to crank the heat and pull off the side of the road and shut off the engine and let it vent for awhile. nothing doin. the car is just roasting away. no steam, no leak, nothing but a realllly hot engine. i was supposed to drive back to RI last night so i could spend the day doing housework for mom in getting ready for my sisters wedding. instead, i am still in boston, waiting to hear back from the repair place so i can pay more money to have a car that isnt even mine fixed.
moral of the story: never piss into the wind.
posted by Chris Porter at 7:38 AM
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