My car is back!
Aug. 9th, 2016 07:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppet[Content note: Mention/speculation about brake troubles]
Got the call from my mechanic that my car was ready to go around 2:30 this afternoon. I got over there around 4:30 and was able to drive it out of the lot right after paying.
The bill was just under $200, which was much better than I was expecting, but maybe I'm just pessimistic about car repair bills :P
As to the ultimate cause of my car troubles, turns out it wasn't the fuel injectors; it was the fuel line that had gone terrible. The mechanic also replaced the brake line(!!!) for no extra charge(!) while they were in there, because apparently it was horribly corroded. As in, it looked okay, and then they touched it, and it fell off/apart. Thank you, Mom, for letting me borrow your car on Monday - and, in fact, for effectively talking me into taking it! I do not want to think of my brakes going out during either leg of my thirty minute commute.
Anyway, car is back and in good working order. I am quite pleased.
Got the call from my mechanic that my car was ready to go around 2:30 this afternoon. I got over there around 4:30 and was able to drive it out of the lot right after paying.
The bill was just under $200, which was much better than I was expecting, but maybe I'm just pessimistic about car repair bills :P
As to the ultimate cause of my car troubles, turns out it wasn't the fuel injectors; it was the fuel line that had gone terrible. The mechanic also replaced the brake line(!!!) for no extra charge(!) while they were in there, because apparently it was horribly corroded. As in, it looked okay, and then they touched it, and it fell off/apart. Thank you, Mom, for letting me borrow your car on Monday - and, in fact, for effectively talking me into taking it! I do not want to think of my brakes going out during either leg of my thirty minute commute.
Anyway, car is back and in good working order. I am quite pleased.
