Jet Tribolet (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jet_tribolet) wrote,@ 2005-06-22 10:27:00 |
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I love My Car
So I decided that when I got off work yesterday I would drive up to Burlington to get some of Lauren's stuff, see Todd and Josh, and things like that. Then I would stay at baby's house for the night and drive back in the morning for work. Lauren was with Dad and everyone already in NC because Diane's Dad had a heart attack. So Diane went to see him and Lauren went with them. I was going to meet them coming back and Lauren would switch cars.
I get on the road and everything is going well for about an hour. Then I see this gas station that I stop by every now and then. They sell single Newports and I like that since I basically quit smoking but every now and then I'll get a single. I switch lanes, exit, and park at the gas station just in time to see white smoke/steam coming from under my hood. WHAT THE FUCK?
After opening the hood I see this hose spraying steam and green shit everywhere. Turns out it was the radiator hose and it has a nice cut in it. Mmm well this is no good. It is around 7PM and I figure AutoZone type places are closed. The cleck at the gas station looks one up and it just rings off the hook. This isn't something I would be able to fix because of all the pressure I couldn't just tape it. Next call is to AAA. We go back and forth for a while only to establish that all they could do was tow me. Doesn't help me at all. Nextel 411 managed to connect me to an AutoZone that after about 10 rings someone answered. Yes, they did sell what I needed and they were open till 10.
The guy gives me the address and I type it into my GPS. Bingo, 1.78 miles away. Wonderful. On my way out of the gas station I thank the clerk and fill the radiator up with water. Once I got to the AutoZone things started looking up and I was feeling less like the remaining 90 miles would take 4 hours. It would have taken about that time if I couldn't fix it. Every time the car got hot I would have to pull off and put water in the radiator. I purchased my 12$ pipe, went out to the car, and popped the hood.
Now cars aren't really my thing but I'm not an idiot either. When I took the hose off I didn't really expect all this hot green shit to come flying at me, but fly it did. That was a rather unpleasant thing. Now I smell funny. Finally managed to get it changed out after 15 minutes or so of fucking with it. Everything looked fine when I started it up. Back to 85 Northbound thinking I'm set.
About 15 minutes later the temp gauge is red lined. Oh Shit. I pull off the highway and look at the tube with the car still running. There was shit leaking out pretty quick. After fooling with it for a while I got it to basically stop. Got back on the road and went for a while. Everything looked good so I didn't stop till I got to Teresa's house, where I promptly took a shower.
Now that I didn't smell funny anymore we got in bed. It was late so we lay there and talked while drifting off to sleep. The alarm wakes her up but I don't hear it. A little while later she wakes me up and we sit for a while. I wanted to go back to sleep but had to go to work. So about 6AM I'm headed back to Greenville. That trip was uneventful and now I'm at the office.
I think I'm going to go find out about lunch. That is all.
So I decided that when I got off work yesterday I would drive up to Burlington to get some of Lauren's stuff, see Todd and Josh, and things like that. Then I would stay at baby's house for the night and drive back in the morning for work. Lauren was with Dad and everyone already in NC because Diane's Dad had a heart attack. So Diane went to see him and Lauren went with them. I was going to meet them coming back and Lauren would switch cars.
I get on the road and everything is going well for about an hour. Then I see this gas station that I stop by every now and then. They sell single Newports and I like that since I basically quit smoking but every now and then I'll get a single. I switch lanes, exit, and park at the gas station just in time to see white smoke/steam coming from under my hood. WHAT THE FUCK?
After opening the hood I see this hose spraying steam and green shit everywhere. Turns out it was the radiator hose and it has a nice cut in it. Mmm well this is no good. It is around 7PM and I figure AutoZone type places are closed. The cleck at the gas station looks one up and it just rings off the hook. This isn't something I would be able to fix because of all the pressure I couldn't just tape it. Next call is to AAA. We go back and forth for a while only to establish that all they could do was tow me. Doesn't help me at all. Nextel 411 managed to connect me to an AutoZone that after about 10 rings someone answered. Yes, they did sell what I needed and they were open till 10.
The guy gives me the address and I type it into my GPS. Bingo, 1.78 miles away. Wonderful. On my way out of the gas station I thank the clerk and fill the radiator up with water. Once I got to the AutoZone things started looking up and I was feeling less like the remaining 90 miles would take 4 hours. It would have taken about that time if I couldn't fix it. Every time the car got hot I would have to pull off and put water in the radiator. I purchased my 12$ pipe, went out to the car, and popped the hood.
Now cars aren't really my thing but I'm not an idiot either. When I took the hose off I didn't really expect all this hot green shit to come flying at me, but fly it did. That was a rather unpleasant thing. Now I smell funny. Finally managed to get it changed out after 15 minutes or so of fucking with it. Everything looked fine when I started it up. Back to 85 Northbound thinking I'm set.
About 15 minutes later the temp gauge is red lined. Oh Shit. I pull off the highway and look at the tube with the car still running. There was shit leaking out pretty quick. After fooling with it for a while I got it to basically stop. Got back on the road and went for a while. Everything looked good so I didn't stop till I got to Teresa's house, where I promptly took a shower.
Now that I didn't smell funny anymore we got in bed. It was late so we lay there and talked while drifting off to sleep. The alarm wakes her up but I don't hear it. A little while later she wakes me up and we sit for a while. I wanted to go back to sleep but had to go to work. So about 6AM I'm headed back to Greenville. That trip was uneventful and now I'm at the office.
I think I'm going to go find out about lunch. That is all.
