Thursday, March 6, 2014

When Vehicles Stage an Uprising

A few weeks ago, A. discovered that his beloved Roadmaster needed a new transmission. He brought it to the local very skilled but also very slow mechanics up the road. They've had it for two weeks now. The fact that they charge about half what anyone else charges slightly mitigates our annoyance at this snail pace. Slightly.

A couple of weeks ago, when A. was maneuvering his pick-up truck into position to get some wood he had cut, he slid in the snow and slammed into a guardrail. Now the driver's side door only opens partway and the taillights don't work, thereby rendering an already sketchy truck more or less unroadworthy.

This morning when I got back in my Subaru after dropping Cubby off at preschool, the car started to start and then . . . didn't. A. thought it might be the fuel pump. Or, much worse, the head gasket. Whatever that is. The Subaru is even now on the back of a tow truck on its way to the mechanic. A different mechanic than the one that has the Roadmaster.

So our household is now down to the MiL's car and one very, very decrepit pick-up truck. Super.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It may just need a battery or connections cleaned up.....practicall free....I hope that is what it is ...well the cost of the tow.
I know of vehicle issues. :) Beth

Daisy said...

Vehicles do seem to act in tandem at times. We just replaced our old minivan with a newer, new-to-us minivan of a different make and model. I just hope the "new" minivan and DH's sedan aren't talking in the garage at night, plotting to overthrow the family transportation plans.

flask said...

there comes a time in the life of every subaru that it needs a new head gasket.

once you get that done and have all your belts and pump replaced it'll go another 100,000 miles.