A couple days ago Xy reported she had trouble with the car starting, and sure enough the next morning it was dead. We packed Xy…
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Tag: Automotive
I woke around dawn to the sound of heavy downpouring rain. After it kept up for a while, I reluctantly dragged myself out of bed,…
When we were out in Oregon there was a story on the news that caught my interest, out of the corner of my eye, about…
Michael gave me a lift early Sunday morning to pick up the car from where Xy had abandoned it on Airline Highway the night before.…
Oops, I meant to post this mix to go along with the previous post about the burned-out car. This one’s almost an hour long with…
Here’s something I observed a few weeks ago, but am only finding time to write about now. On Monday, October 26, as I took my…
The damage to our car from running up on that curb has been repaired. The bill? $4,008.53. Xy’s response: Time to get a new car.…
They’re more trouble than they’re worth! I’m referring to cars, of course. Xy drove the car up onto a curb yesterday after work and did…
Here’s a new twist on an old theme. Because of our intermittent no-crank no-start problem, Xy has taken to going out early on cold mornings…
Somehow last week got away from me, and I failed to record some happenings here. For example, on Thursday morning the car refused to start…
Here we go again. It was probably the coldest morning of the season so far. No crank, no start. Xy was pissed, and I can’t…
This morning the car wouldn’t start again. Only three weeks since the last time. Cocking the wheel didn’t help. Nothing helped. I waited about five…
Again this morning with the non-starting car. I think this is the second time since I wrote about this problem back in January. Plenty of…
This morning, Xy was sitting in our car, waiting to give a ride to some co-workers. A short time later, I got a text message:…
One morning about a month ago, Xy couldn’t get our car started, and she had to catch a ride with a co-worker. I was all…
As I’ve mentioned before, a white Honda Prelude has been sitting on our block for over three months. It’s had debris piled on it. It’s…
In April I looked out my window and saw three white kids pushing a white car. They stopped just down the street from our house.…
We bought a car yesterday. It’s a 2005 Saturn Ion 3. It has about 11,000 miles on it and cost us about $10,000. It’s bright…
Oh, as for the article about our renovation, which I mentioned earlier? I can’t find the text online, alas, but they did use a picture by yours truly:
Also in today’s paper, there’s an excellent editorial by Michael Homan.
Update: Thanks to Adrastos, I found the article about our renovation online.