Bad Car Week

Having recently invested over $1400 in car maintenance, I was not happy to see my Check Engine light light....

I was even less happy that the POS was idling rough and stalling once it was warmed up....

Yeah....

I have seen these problems before....

Usually the CO light goes off by itself after a few tanks of gas....

Not this time...

And once the weather outside settles down, idling smooths....

Usually...

Not so this time...

What the weather outside has to do with the smoothness of the idling process is beyond me...

But then, I am no mechanic....

Not by a long shot....

I was planning on waiting a week or so to get all of this stuff fixed or at least looked at...

Because by then G-Man will have moved home from college for the summer....

And I would be able to share his car while mine was being diagnosed/fixed....

Well, best laid plans...

I got a call from G-Man that his car was causing problems when he was trying to shift into/out of gear....

He had been using the parking brake to keep it in Park...

But now he could not get it into any gear....

And yes, he did check to make sure there was transmission fluid in the reservoir...

So he had it towed...

And apparently it is not worth fixing...

But he can make $250 if he scraps it...

Cool....

We can use that money to get my POS fixed....

So we can share my POS...

Until it needs scrapping...