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Nov. 18th, 2004 07:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joiedecombatThe next few days promise to be interesting. My car stopped last night and refused to start again, so I am currently carless. This means, among other things, that I won't be able to fulfill the part of my job that requires me to go to the bank and post office every morning, and some sort of alternative will have to be arranged until I have a vehicle again. Yay.
On the bright side, my car had the excellent timing to stop in a parking lot which actually adjoined the lot of an auto shop, and when I walked over there they were willing to send some guys to look at it, determine that the problem was probably the starter, and push it over to the shop so someone could take a closer look this morning. They're supposed to give me a call once that's been done. It had the further good timing to happen the day I deposited my paycheck, and I'm told that starters aren't so expensive. My biggest worry at the moment is that this is going to be the precursor to larger problems. On the other hand, I like the shop that's got it; I've been there for oil changes and minor stuff like wiper blades and taillights a couple of times, and they're always really cool. They were in fact sufficiently cool enough to give me a ride home last night after I couldn't get hold of my mother, so... small blessings.
Crossing my fingers for a quick repair and no further problems for a while. In the meantime, I'm bumming rides to work and will probably not be around on my lunch break as I usually am. Which if I get paid for the extra hour is not so bad. Maybe I can get Ashley to pick something up for me when he goes.
On the bright side, my car had the excellent timing to stop in a parking lot which actually adjoined the lot of an auto shop, and when I walked over there they were willing to send some guys to look at it, determine that the problem was probably the starter, and push it over to the shop so someone could take a closer look this morning. They're supposed to give me a call once that's been done. It had the further good timing to happen the day I deposited my paycheck, and I'm told that starters aren't so expensive. My biggest worry at the moment is that this is going to be the precursor to larger problems. On the other hand, I like the shop that's got it; I've been there for oil changes and minor stuff like wiper blades and taillights a couple of times, and they're always really cool. They were in fact sufficiently cool enough to give me a ride home last night after I couldn't get hold of my mother, so... small blessings.
Crossing my fingers for a quick repair and no further problems for a while. In the meantime, I'm bumming rides to work and will probably not be around on my lunch break as I usually am. Which if I get paid for the extra hour is not so bad. Maybe I can get Ashley to pick something up for me when he goes.
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Date: 2004-11-18 05:58 am (UTC)Here's hoping it's not a major repair. I don't think starters are *that* expensive, no, and it could be something like a bad spark plug or distributor cap too (and those are really cheap and easy fixes). (I don't actually know that much about cars, save for all the things that have broken down on mine :)