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Driving blues
Feb. 9th, 2022 05:43 pmTook my car in to the shop today, and I have an Expensive Problem. Honestly about as much as I was expecting to pay, all told, but it'll still pinch my checking account a bit.
Anyway, my converter is acting up and has been blowing exhaust into the passenger/driver area of the car 🙃 Possibly for as long as five months (when I first noticed a smell of gas while driving), somewhat more likely only one month (when my car first started making a weird hissing noise when I accelerate more than you'd need to drive through a parking lot), slightly possibly from when my car stalled out about ten days ago.
While I can't say I'm terribly happy that this is happening, or about how long it's potentially been happening, I do feel at least a little bit less like I'm some sort of mechanical hypochondriac.
Anyway, I'm borrowing my mom's car until mine gets back from the shop. The mechanic said it'll take a few days for the part to come in, and after that it'll be about an hour and a half of labor to change things out, so I'm estimating at least a week with current shipping and supply problems. Hopefully not too much longer than that, though! And if I'm really lucky, it'll actually be only a few days.
Anyway, my converter is acting up and has been blowing exhaust into the passenger/driver area of the car 🙃 Possibly for as long as five months (when I first noticed a smell of gas while driving), somewhat more likely only one month (when my car first started making a weird hissing noise when I accelerate more than you'd need to drive through a parking lot), slightly possibly from when my car stalled out about ten days ago.
While I can't say I'm terribly happy that this is happening, or about how long it's potentially been happening, I do feel at least a little bit less like I'm some sort of mechanical hypochondriac.
Anyway, I'm borrowing my mom's car until mine gets back from the shop. The mechanic said it'll take a few days for the part to come in, and after that it'll be about an hour and a half of labor to change things out, so I'm estimating at least a week with current shipping and supply problems. Hopefully not too much longer than that, though! And if I'm really lucky, it'll actually be only a few days.
