Friday, May 9, 2003

Gone to meet its maker -- 8:59 pm CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

This afternoon the Qbemobile officially moved into ex-carhood. We pulled out of the driveway to begin our 75-minute long drive to a conference and made it two whole blocks before we heard a loud squealing then a bang as a cloud of smoke came out of the engine. As I made a left into a parking lot I quickly discovered that our terminally-ill power steering system had expired. I managed to get us home without any problem except for a disappointed little boy.

So I rented a car for a few days from a sleazy rental agent and now get to spend lots of time dealing with sleazy used car salesmen. Woohoo. Well, it's long past time that we got another car, and at least we were close to home. R.I.P., Qbemobile.

A.T. Hun comments: Joined the bleedin' choir invisible, eh? I must say that we've been pretty happy with our Windstar, other than the gas mileage. My 103K-mile Achieva is still humming right along too. Everything would be great with it, if the mechanic could figure out what demons are possessing the air conditioning. Summer + black car + no A/C = bad news. Time to buy that Lamborghini!

News for 05/09/2003

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