Less than 48 hours ago, aside from the usual minor things of life, all was right with my local world, my car (the 2006 Subaru Outback we
acquired last year), and our bank account, and
xuth was driving home from Boston after having picked up his carload of stuff from the burning man shipping truck post-playa
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We'd have to borrow a car to get up there anyways, so no worries about that part from your side.
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This specific thing is what I have the most problems with. I was driving along and things went from no apparent problems to "check engine" light coming on and things failing over the course of what felt like seconds and was certainly no more than a minute. And I'm pretty sure it was much less than that.
I'm still having problems dealing with that aspect of things. I'm typically very attuned to how mechanical things feel and sound and know when they're not in the best of condition (even if I'm ignoring it at that moment). But this time I had nothing.
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it was the Suburu. Well handled, all around. And kudos to you both for superior interpersonal
communication.
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(the head gasket thing scares me too.)
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Our car was in the shop for six weeks once, and we were immensely grateful to live in a place where we could both get to work by bus. We sometimes rented cars on weekends to get to parties and go grocery shopping, but that was a luxury and not strictly necessary.
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