( Goodbye old friend... )

After hours of emergency surgery, the 1999 Pontiac Bonneville known as "you stupid piece of shit" has died in the garage. It was ten years old, and had 158,963 miles on its clock ( Read more... )

The engine?

It's not seized. The battery was just really dead.

But it's still not firing up.

WTF?!

Also, Number 7 is not firing up either. FTS.

So, about a week ago, my car does something that we in the computer world would label as "Weird Shit". I had a billow of white smoke behind me and no power to the wheels. I pulled off, shut the car off, and sat for about five minutes. The I started the car back up. Everything seemed fine, so I went to work ( Read more... )

• Woke up Late
• Got a flat
• Got to Work Late

I may end up adding to the list.

So... Called AAA.

They were surprisingly cooperative.

Like "Holy Crap" cooperative.

[thumbs up]

So, I've got the claim in, and I'll go see Julius (Grand Traverse Auto - Long Story, don't ask) and one of the body guys will fix the old girl right up.

[double thumbs up]

Sweetness.

The answer is a resounding yes.


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Just watched the season finale of Veronica Mars tonight ( Read more... )

Yes, Folks! Spring has come to my little corner of the world. Most of the snow is gone (or is piled in crusty mounds) and the Smell of Spring is in the air ( Read more... )