The goose, the wolf, and the grain
Monday morning, my mom asked if I could engineer getting her car to her mechanic for a tune up, and I agreed.
Monday just after noon I went out to my car and it wouldn't start. After a lot of messing around, I ended up gettng it towed to my mechanic, and took a cab to mom's house to borrow her car.
Now my car is repaired. But because I intend soon to get rid of my car, I had him skip some of the more expensive parts of the repair. It's safe, but there's a chance it may not be reliable. So I'd like to give it as much opportunity as possible to fail before giving up mom's car.
Today I have to do the shuffle where I start with mom's car rolling and my car at my mechanic and end up with mom's car at her mechanic and my car rolling. This will involve some back-and-forth and a cab ride, no matter what. Here's what I plan to do:
1: drive mom's car to my mechanic. Park it.
2: drive my car to mom's mechanic. Park it.
3: take a cab back to my mechanic.
4: drive mom's car to mom's mechanic.
5: drive away in my car.
This gives my car two starting opportunites to fail before I give up mom's car, and makes giving up mom's car the very last step.
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Monday just after noon I went out to my car and it wouldn't start. After a lot of messing around, I ended up gettng it towed to my mechanic, and took a cab to mom's house to borrow her car.
Now my car is repaired. But because I intend soon to get rid of my car, I had him skip some of the more expensive parts of the repair. It's safe, but there's a chance it may not be reliable. So I'd like to give it as much opportunity as possible to fail before giving up mom's car.
Today I have to do the shuffle where I start with mom's car rolling and my car at my mechanic and end up with mom's car at her mechanic and my car rolling. This will involve some back-and-forth and a cab ride, no matter what. Here's what I plan to do:
1: drive mom's car to my mechanic. Park it.
2: drive my car to mom's mechanic. Park it.
3: take a cab back to my mechanic.
4: drive mom's car to mom's mechanic.
5: drive away in my car.
This gives my car two starting opportunites to fail before I give up mom's car, and makes giving up mom's car the very last step.
(originally posted on dreamwidth, where there are
comments. I'd like to keep all my comments in one place, so I'd rather you comment there by creating an openID cross-site login.)