Blast

[detlef]

The Turbox is sick for only the third time since I took ownership, which is pretty impressive for a car that is rapidly approaching 300,000 miles. Of course, having a (presently) dead car is pretty damn frustrating when the weather is in the teens and you need to go somewhere

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[moropus]

If you comsider a few hundred a year in repairs against what car payments run to, you are still way ahead.

Get a diagnostic read and find out if its something you can fix. Sometimes the silliest things can make a car run bad. A truck I used to have sucked up a plastic shopping bag which got lodged in the air intake right by the filter. No air, no drive. I would start up, idle a few minutes and die. If I waited 10 minutes it would do the same thing all over again.

Plastic bag removal was free, because nobody could stop laughing long enough to write me a bill. The towing was free because of my auto club. The only cost was a taxi ride.

Nothing to do with the post...

[fg_emeritus]

Just an excuse to post one last time using this ID, as I've closed out the journal and am shortly going to cross the Somerset Bridge. Thanks for putting up with me all this time. Cheers.