[ happier times...aka the first day i got my car 2 years ago. i pose awkwardly, i'm aware.]
::calls husband::
Tim: Hello? What's wrong?
(note to self: should prob call more on my way home when everything is fine?)
Me: A light came on in my dashboard! I'm not sure what it means!!
Tim: What does it look like?
Me: Uhh a faucet?? I have no idea.
Tim: Well, drive home and I'll look at it.
Me: Shouldn't I pull over and read the manual??
Tim: On the turnpike and then have to merge back on??
Me: I'm 45 minutes from home!! I don't know, I don't want to BLOW UP!
Tim: ....
::both say goodbye and hang up::
Well, I pulled over to read my manual before merging onto a slower part of the turnpike to realize it's my check engine light (important to note: it did not SAY 'check engine', just a symbol. yes, i am clueless.)
Turns out my "evaporative leak detective pump" was shot. I am pretty sure evaporative is not a real word. I felt a little like that Dane Cook skit where the mechanic says,
"Yeah we had to replace the roof on your car, it was starting to peel back. It resented the rest of the car, so we replaced that. Also, there was a tiny unicorn in your exhaust and he was jumping and poking holes in your exhaust, and he was sh*tting in your filters as well. So we had to get that out of there.”
Granted the mechanic is someone that Tim has been going to for years and is always super honest, but still. I totally feel like a unicorn was sh*tting in my air filter. We literally just had my car at the mechanic a month ago too for a minor accident related to hitting a curb. And by minor I mean expensive, considering I needed front brakes and a tire too. So, apparently we need this new pump now and my car was due for inspection in February so we had them do that too. Welp, I need rear brakes and roters now + transmission fluid this time. YEAH.
So, I'm looking forward to the weekend and hopefully not needing anything else for my car for the entire rest of this year. Hear that, MAZDA? I thought so.
Happy (almost) Friday!
xo
Kate
I love Dane Cook! I love that you quoted him!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about your car. I would've freaked out to if I light came on and I was 45 minutes away from home.
I have to get my car inspected this weekend. I'm dreading it, because it's older (only a 2006, but still) and I feel like mechanics love to find stuff "wrong" with older cars.
You are a better woman than me. My husband got into my truck a month or so ago and said why didn't you mention that there were 3 indications lit up on your dashboard that there are problems going on? I said I didn't really notice because the steering wheel sits directly in front of them and that I figured if something was really wrong the car would just stop working. No? Not the best option? Meh...
ReplyDeleteCar trouble is the worst. At least, I'm pretty sure that spending money on car fix-its is the least fun part of being grown up. Thankfully my husband's dad was a mechanic and taught him a lot so he's been able to fix most of our problems himself, but even then, the parts themselves are pricey!
ReplyDeleteUgh, WORST. I am always 100% convinced that if anything is wrong with my car or if I smell something funny it is going to blow up at any second.
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