Further adventures of car doom.

Just got a call from the mechanic. They tell me that the noise I'm hearing is a combination of the general shittiness of the timing belt, and the general shittiness of the tires. They also had a list of other shit that they could take care of while they were in there, mostly maintenance stuff.

So I'm getting four new tires and some alignment work (needed!), and they're replacing the timing belt and the serpentine belts (needed). While they're in there, they're going to do the water pump, on the grounds that it should be replaced every 100000 miles and it's a bitch to get to, and replace the battery (should be done evey 75000 miles). (I'm at 160,000 miles, for reference, and have not replaced either of those things since I've owned the car.) This is going to run me about $1100. Which is just about the money that I got the other day from kittenpants for emergency funds. Easy come, easy go.

After this, I will apparently still need to replace the spark plugs and wires (which I'm pretty sure I can do), replace the air filter and fuel filter (I know I can do the air filter, and if I get a reference, I think I can do the fuel filter), drain and fill the transmission fluid, and generally clean out the fuel system. They wanted an additional $500 for all of this, which I graciously declined.

Broke again. :(

Further adventures of car doom.

Just got a call from the mechanic. They tell me that the noise I'm hearing is a combination of the general shittiness of the timing belt, and the general shittiness of the tires. They also had a list of other shit that they could take care of while they were in there, mostly maintenance stuff.

So I'm getting four new tires and some alignment work (needed!), and they're replacing the timing belt and the serpentine belts (needed). While they're in there, they're going to do the water pump, on the grounds that it should be replaced every 100000 miles and it's a bitch to get to, and replace the battery (should be done evey 75000 miles). (I'm at 160,000 miles, for reference, and have not replaced either of those things since I've owned the car.) This is going to run me about $1100. Which is just about the money that I got the other day from kittenpants for emergency funds. Easy come, easy go.

After this, I will apparently still need to replace the spark plugs and wires (which I'm pretty sure I can do), replace the air filter and fuel filter (I know I can do the air filter, and if I get a reference, I think I can do the fuel filter), drain and fill the transmission fluid, and generally clean out the fuel system. They wanted an additional $500 for all of this, which I graciously declined.

Broke again. :(

Other ways in which Buddhists are like Erisians

Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn’t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn’t learn a little,
at least we didn’t get sick,
and if we got sick,
at least we didn’t die;
so, let us be thankful.

-Buddha

8elements posted this, and I wanted to snag it and put it up here. This is the best prayer ever, in my humble opinion. It's attributed to the Buddha, but it flows very nicely with my worldview. Although, if it was an Erisian composition, it would probably end with "So, let us be thankful... bitches." Maybe the "bitches" is silent.

Other ways in which Buddhists are like Erisians

Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn’t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn’t learn a little,
at least we didn’t get sick,
and if we got sick,
at least we didn’t die;
so, let us be thankful.

-Buddha

8elements posted this, and I wanted to snag it and put it up here. This is the best prayer ever, in my humble opinion. It's attributed to the Buddha, but it flows very nicely with my worldview. Although, if it was an Erisian composition, it would probably end with "So, let us be thankful... bitches." Maybe the "bitches" is silent.