Miscellaneous car hassles...
Last winter we had a lot of cold spells, like 5 degrees or so, and my Dad's car battery died before I could do anything about it. As this was the 2nd year in a row it happened, I got so disgusted I decided to leave it for awhile. that was 5 months ago.
2 months ago, I was driving my car VERY carefully, when 2 blocks from home, some woman ran a stop sign in front of me. I wound up in back of her-- I was driving VERY slowly-- when she STOPPED. As I stopped and wondered what she was planning to do, she suddenly BACKED UP real fast, right into me, taking out one of my turn signal lights. Apparently she was trying to park, and to her eyes, there was just NOBODY ELSE on the road! The way things are in this neighborhood, I figured the saftest thing to do was, as soon as she was out of my way, I passed her and got out of there.
Today, I went to replace the battery. It seems the model has been discontinued, so the guy gave me an upgrade to the next better version. The nice thing was, I got full credit for the dead battery, and the store made up the price difference. So I got a $80 battery for free!
The turn-signal light, meanwhile, turned out to cost $62. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
With the new battery installed, my Dad's car took over 2 MINUTES to start, at which point it began blowing thick clouds of gray smoke. I wasn't surprised. I decided I'd take it for a spin on the highway after dinner to give it a good workout.
I then decided to go to The Pennsauken Mart while I was at it, for a fresh hot pretzel. No such luck. The pretzel store was "closed until further notice" (family illness). On the way home, I sudenly noticed the small rear right-side window had been broken-- apparently while it was parked (for less than 10 minutes!) at the Mart. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! I may never go there again... There really is a reason they call it "The White Trash Mall". (Honestly, what are the odds, the day I put a battery in, somebody breaks a window?)
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