15 April 2009

car trouble

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Goldie Honda has been having a little idle trouble and she started overheating on the way up the steep, steep hill to my friends' house. Luckily, I got here, could unload all my stuff, call the Honda Gods, and get her down there right away, but that meant having to wait around for Trish to get off work and pick me up, and all kinds of folderol getting her car together so I can drive it over to Marin for the doctors tomorrow... and... well... it might be serious. They couldn't nail it down in the two hours they had with her today, and it could be really bad. Or the thermostat has just gone dotty.

That car has 265,000 miles on it. Twenty years old. Drives like a brand new car. Most amazing handling car in history, bar only the Porsche 911. When that car dies, I will too.

... Have I ever told you what a good driver I am? It's awesome. And I know what I'm saying about handling. Every man who's ever ridden in the passenger seat of my car has had to remark upon my driving, even trying not to, but... I tellz yiz... I'm good.
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4 comments:

  1. Bluebear24/16/09, 7:35 AM

    Every man who's ever ridden in the passenger seat of my car has had to remark upon my driving, even trying not to, but... I tellz yiz... I'm good. So, what you are saying is that the car has lasted so long because you only keep two wheels on the ground at any given time?
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  2. Bluebear24/16/09, 7:36 AM

    (Hope it's only the T-stat!)

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  3. 994/16/09, 4:59 PM

    I am at last back from the wilds of doctors for humans and for cars. It was both the thermostat AND my hugely fancy, not made anymore, carburetors.... They may not even be able to find the power gizzy for the carburetors, but the thermostat is fixed and blot they had to break to get it out let itself be worked completely loose. So. It's either going to be $250 with weird idling problems until she dies, or nearly a thousand dollars to have the whole ailment fixed.

    I'm fighting the urge to get hauled off to the insane asylum right now!

    I don't know how long I can keep wailing for my wealthy gentleman to save me....

    :-(

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  4. 994/16/09, 5:00 PM

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    bolt....

    bolt, blot, same, same......

    :-(

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