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automotive coincidences
Friday, August 12th, 2011 10:35 pmAs I drove up my driveway yesterday, I noticed that my car's battery warning light had come on. I decided to wait till the next day to check if it was still happening then, or if it had only been a fluke.
Later that evening, on our way to see the Harry Potter movie, Qiao's car broke down - one of the arms holding the tire cracked, causing the tire to lean lopsidedly. Fortunately, it happened only a few hundred yards from an automotive repair place, and we were still able to drive the car (very slowly and with the emergency flashers on) over there. Forestfen picked us up and give us a ride back home, as Qiao's car wouldn't be fixed until the next day.
Today we had a quick test done on my car at AutoZone, and the prognosis was that the serpentine belt needs to be replaced, and the alternator might need to be replaced too. We figured that the car should still be ok for a little while since the battery was still good, and that we would wait to pick up Qiao's car before taking mine somewhere.
Today as we went to pick up Qiao's repaired car, my car zonked out right as we were driving into the automotive repair place's parking lot! My engine cut off and refused to come back on, and several more warning lights came on. I had been considering leaving the car there for its repairs anyway, if they gave me a reasonable price quote. It seemed rather amusing to me, for my car to have died right as we were driving in there. It couldn't have happened in a better place.
Later that evening, on our way to see the Harry Potter movie, Qiao's car broke down - one of the arms holding the tire cracked, causing the tire to lean lopsidedly. Fortunately, it happened only a few hundred yards from an automotive repair place, and we were still able to drive the car (very slowly and with the emergency flashers on) over there. Forestfen picked us up and give us a ride back home, as Qiao's car wouldn't be fixed until the next day.
Today we had a quick test done on my car at AutoZone, and the prognosis was that the serpentine belt needs to be replaced, and the alternator might need to be replaced too. We figured that the car should still be ok for a little while since the battery was still good, and that we would wait to pick up Qiao's car before taking mine somewhere.
Today as we went to pick up Qiao's repaired car, my car zonked out right as we were driving into the automotive repair place's parking lot! My engine cut off and refused to come back on, and several more warning lights came on. I had been considering leaving the car there for its repairs anyway, if they gave me a reasonable price quote. It seemed rather amusing to me, for my car to have died right as we were driving in there. It couldn't have happened in a better place.