My parents are moving essentially 2 states away from
me. Tomorrow. I’m single and don’t really have anyone else
who is obligated to help me in times of need, and I’m not very good at adulting
in general, so I’m kinda freaking out about all of this. As if to drive all of this home, my car once
again had engine issues today. What a
lovely way of reminding me YOU’RE ALL ALONE!
I really needed to get out of my house, so I was headed up
to see Lulu. I stopped at 7-11 to get
coffee, and as I was pulling out to head toward Lulu I felt a horrible, all too
familiar rumble. It’s like I was
suddenly sitting in a nascar… in my tiny car with a 4 cylinder lawn mower
engine. I knew what was coming. I looked at my dash, and yup. The check engine light came on and started flashing
at me. Awesome. I was past the
point of no return, so I had to finish pulling out onto the main road and drive
down to the next gas station. Terrifying. I turned the car off, waited, and turned it
back on. Last time, this magically fixed
everything so I could at least drive it.
This time? Not so much. Of
course not. Thank God my parents are
still around, and thank God they’re not planning on taking my mom’s car with
them tomorrow. They came and picked me
up so I could get her car, and then I headed back to the gas station to deal
with this mess.
The tow truck cost me $175 to go about 15 minutes up the road. Are you
kidding me?! The guy told me it was
because of bad traffic when he gave me the quote on the phone. We ended up dealing with no traffic, but the
tow truck driver charged me the quote I had been given over the phone
anyway. Note to self – don’t use this
tow company again.
At least I currently have a car to drive around and a way to
get to work tomorrow. I guess I’ll
figure out how to actually pick up my car when that time comes… hopefully at
some point tomorrow.
YAY! for adulting!
:-/
....For fun background information, this is the third time this has happened to me. The first time, I was in Charlottesville. On a Sunday. (Although I was headed back from Lynchburg, so it could have been so much worse.) The second time I was at my house attempting to go to Lulu's. Turning the car off and back on somehow fixed everything, so I was at least able to drive it to the repair place, but... not awesome. That was also on a Sunday. Today is Sunday. Hmmm.
The last two times, it's been a misfire in one of the cylinders, and they've replaced the ignition coil. I'm betting its that same issue in one of the two remaining cylinders. At least that's hopefully what it is. Not like that's an awesome issue to have, but at least I know what I'm dealing with. Fingers crossed...
....For fun background information, this is the third time this has happened to me. The first time, I was in Charlottesville. On a Sunday. (Although I was headed back from Lynchburg, so it could have been so much worse.) The second time I was at my house attempting to go to Lulu's. Turning the car off and back on somehow fixed everything, so I was at least able to drive it to the repair place, but... not awesome. That was also on a Sunday. Today is Sunday. Hmmm.
The last two times, it's been a misfire in one of the cylinders, and they've replaced the ignition coil. I'm betting its that same issue in one of the two remaining cylinders. At least that's hopefully what it is. Not like that's an awesome issue to have, but at least I know what I'm dealing with. Fingers crossed...
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