It has been an interesting week to say the least. On Thursday, last, I was coming home form the farm and exactly two blocks from my house the car sputtered and stalled. I tried to restart it, but it again stuttered and stalled. We had it towed to the mechanic.
Friday morning I got a ride to the farm and helped get the last few things loaded into the horse trailer. Then we loaded the horses and were off, heading to our endurance ride, ten minutes ahead of schedule. Just a few miles north of the Oregon border the truck had a power drop and we coasted off the highway into a parking lot. Oil was pouring out of the engine compartment. We were able to find the horses a ride back to Olympia in a borrowed trailer. The farm's trailer has a gooseneck hitch and the other truck that we had available to us needed a bumper pull. Once the horses were off loaded and reloaded we had the truck and trailer towed to a mechanic. Then we headed home. We are hopeful that we will go to another endurance ride soon, it is just a matter of adjusting calendars.
I recently spoke to our mechanic. He started out by asking if we had towing coverage on our auto insurance, not a good sign. His shop lacks the diagnostic equipment to run the codes that the car's computer is throwing. He suggested taking it to another shop that specializes in foreign car repair - he even recommended one that he knows and trusts. And despite the fact that he had spent hours trying diagnose
the car, he didn't charge us.
Ahhh, cars.
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