Earned my Bewbs this week....

You know, pilots earn their wings? Unfortunate wagon owners earn their Bewbs.

So the week started out with me having no heat. I'd never used it before so I didn't think much of it. Why do I have no heat, you ask? The previous owner bypassed the heater core because it was leaking. Lovely.

Then my brakes start squeaking horribly, I figure, no biggie, new rear brakes. Got those done, cost about $100. Cool - good deal, it stops SO much better (even though I had to bleed them like 3 times... that was annoying)

What next, you ask? An oil leak. And not just any oil leak - it's freakin' HEMORRHAGING oil. It's ridiculous. I was like "Oh sh*t." Turns out the idiots who changed my oil double-gasketed the filter. I guess the $5 oil change IS too good to be true (It was $19.99 normally, but I found a $10 coupon for ANY SERVICE in the paper that day, and they give $5 discounts for showing an ID from my university, since they're right across the street...) So yeah. New oil filter and I'm a-okay.

Then I decide, you know, I'll go take it to a car wash to get all the oil off of the car (there was.... a lot.) Put the key in, start the car - all good. Then I go to put my windows up, and lo and behold - they're not working. WTF right? Well I start freaking out and decided to shut the car off, and the key won't turn. Won't turn or budge at all. When I got the car the lock cylinder was weird and I had to jiggle the crap out of the key to get it to start, until I WD-40'd it. Well, now, with my windows halfway down, the entire thing breaks. I can turn the key forward and back with no resistance, and I can't pull it out. It's stuck there until tomorrow. Fun fun fun!

So, I earned my bewbs. Christmas can GTFO already.

Bah humbug,
Roo.

Get over it Sting because it could always be worse'a lot worse.
Merry Christmas
Jim Gordon

True that. I just felt like venting - lol.

Here I thought this was going to be about nipples......

I LOVE it when completely unrelated things break. I had the coolant tee split on me after replacing the coolant tank cap that wasn't keeping pressure (lt1), after I got home from getting new tires. I built my own tee out of brass, installed it, all was good. It was dark now and went to drive the car, and now the head lights don't work! After much swearing and probing with a meter in 29 degree weather and wind, I find the fuse isnt getting power any more! Not wanting to deal with this crap in the cold I cut a jumper wire and wedge it into the fuse holder and steel power from some lesser component lol. So far, so good!

Did I mention my windows are still down? At least I live in a nice neighborhood and don't have to worry about my radio or anything getting jacked....

Yikes, sorry to year Sting. Our cars have a way of letting you know when they want attention. Kind of like a five year old.

Are we voting? I second the nipple thing.

True that, Mike.

Here you go Pat and Dave, nipples:



....Grease nipples, that is.

Man one thing after another!!

Could be worse, could be foreign. At least parts are cheap and it can be sorted out without being a rocket scientist.

Good luck and sorry to hear about the issues!

It gets worse-r (more worse, lol)

The key turns forward and back still, but why? The rod that's in the steering column that lets the wheel tilt still has broken. I don't remember what it's name was but basically now I have the car rigged to get it to run. Fun fun!

Wait. What?

A 20 year old college kid with a 20 year old college kid's car that has a few minor issues?

What's this world coming to?

Hey Stingroo be glad youre not one of those spoiled rich kids driving a new car and dating a bitching spoiled rotten
little girl that wears skinny girl outfits and weighs 180.Be glad youre driving a 20 year old car that you love and have
great plans for.Hope your girl loves you just the way you are and thinks wagons are cool because of all the room '
in the back.
Got a foot of snow here and more coming yehaw!!!!!!
Happy New Year
Jim Gordon
Stingroo forget the stuff about a girlfriend as i just remembered what you posted for nipples!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL No, my girlfriend thinks I have problems for owning the wagon. She's not interested in cars much - but I'm slowly working on that.

My wife would actually go to the salvage yard with me....and helped me re-paint the bumpers on my Citation X-11.....when we were first dating in 1994... Once the ring went on, the truth came out. ; )

LOL That's funny, Mike.

I don't think I'll ever get Tracy to pick up any paint that isn't for fingernails.... I can dream though.

Stingroo wrote:

LOL That's funny, Mike.

I don't think I'll ever get Tracy to pick up any paint that isn't for fingernails.... I can dream though.

Your car is red, I'm sure she has a bottle or two that might match

Mrs Danger would love to paint the wagon. I won't let her. She wants chartreuse and purple.

She could do it, too. I've seen her murals.

That would be... interesting Nick.


On the original topic at hand... the car is rigged to start in a rather clever way. I have to get to the junkyard to get another one of those rods from another steering column and then transplant it to mine. The problem? We're moving this week, so who knows when I'll actually make it to the yard. Fun fun.

Bewber wrote:

Wait. What?...

Aren't these woids spozed to be mispelt in the world of interweb h4x0r-ness?

81X11 wrote:

... Once the ring went on, the truth came out. ; )

You just blew my mind with your cryptic simplicity. A phrase that will live in infamy.