"A time to be born, and a time to die..." (from Ecclesiastes 3:2)
Today, my daughter Rachel had an unfortunate experience with our 1993 Olds station wagon. When she went to start it this morning, it would not start, and a "charge battery" light came on the dash. Immediately following, smoke poured out from under the hood.
I later looked under the hood and the "serpentine belt" which essentially powers everything was off and broken. I had to replace the serpentine belt in the Summer of 2000. At that time, there were other complications and the total bill was $213. Lately the car has been making "funny noises". Bill Lincoln at our church who is a mechanic has said he believed the Power Steering pumb was dying and soon to completely fail.
We got the 1993 Olds wagon in December of 1997. For the past several years, 20-year-old Rachel has done 90% of the driving of the car we call "Whitey". It's been great transportation for her back and forth from Westfield State College and around Framingham and Westfield. We had a close call with Whitey awhile ago. In September of 2005, Whitey broke down and became undriveable. It sad broken down in our driveway from September of 2005 to August of 2006. We had to put a new gas tank into Whitey and "sink some serious dough" into Whitey in August , September, and October of 2006. Since then, Whitey's not been too bad.
For us, money is a big issue. If we have to take Whitey off the road and replace the car, no matter what, it's going to be a huge hit that we don't need. On the other hand, if I have to spend more than $200-$300 to get Whitey back "alive" is it worth it? Maybe not.
It's amazing how you can get attached to cars and how much you depend on cars. I will have to have Bill Lincoln thoroughly look at Whitey in the near future.
Will Whitey live?
Today, my daughter Rachel had an unfortunate experience with our 1993 Olds station wagon. When she went to start it this morning, it would not start, and a "charge battery" light came on the dash. Immediately following, smoke poured out from under the hood.
I later looked under the hood and the "serpentine belt" which essentially powers everything was off and broken. I had to replace the serpentine belt in the Summer of 2000. At that time, there were other complications and the total bill was $213. Lately the car has been making "funny noises". Bill Lincoln at our church who is a mechanic has said he believed the Power Steering pumb was dying and soon to completely fail.
We got the 1993 Olds wagon in December of 1997. For the past several years, 20-year-old Rachel has done 90% of the driving of the car we call "Whitey". It's been great transportation for her back and forth from Westfield State College and around Framingham and Westfield. We had a close call with Whitey awhile ago. In September of 2005, Whitey broke down and became undriveable. It sad broken down in our driveway from September of 2005 to August of 2006. We had to put a new gas tank into Whitey and "sink some serious dough" into Whitey in August , September, and October of 2006. Since then, Whitey's not been too bad.
For us, money is a big issue. If we have to take Whitey off the road and replace the car, no matter what, it's going to be a huge hit that we don't need. On the other hand, if I have to spend more than $200-$300 to get Whitey back "alive" is it worth it? Maybe not.
It's amazing how you can get attached to cars and how much you depend on cars. I will have to have Bill Lincoln thoroughly look at Whitey in the near future.
Will Whitey live?
1 comment:
i think that whitey has had a good life, but it is time to let her go
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