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decadentdave & sunlizzard
decadentdave & sunlizzardNov. 26th, 2006
Excitement We Didn't Need
Nov. 26th, 2006 04:33 amYesterday about 12N I went off and printed Einblatt. I stopped at Uncle Hugo's on the way home, getting home about 12:45-12:50.
About 1:45-2:15,iraunink headed out to visit the elder son. She didn't get very far - when she tried to start the car, it went click-click-chunk. I tried, same thing. We found a service station that was open - they sent the tow-truck over, took the car away, and called us back about 45-60 minutes later.
The engine has seized.
So, now we get to figure out what we're going to do about it. The car is a 1995 Chevy Lumina, and is (we believe) in OK shape with two major exceptions. The obvious exception is the engine - the other is the fact that (as I see it) it's going to need a new transmission in the nearish future. (It frequently won't go in to Reverse quickly - a wait of 10-50 seconds, or revving the engine, is required.) So, do we pay for the engine, and try to keep space in the emergency budget for a new transmission, or do we get a new (or at least new to us) car?
The service guy is going to get us quotes on Monday for an engine - one for used, one for new. I wonder if new = rebuilt?
I'm guessing that we're looking at $3000-4000 for the engine and transmission - fortunately not all at once! As information - we got the car free fromiraunink's sister. They'd bought it brand new, and had put a new transmission in at about 60,000 miles. We got it at about 120,000 miles. It's been getting reasonable to good maintenance, regular oil changes, and hasn't been involved in any major accidents.
Anyone have any insight, opinions, whatever as to what we should do? I'm really hoping to have a functioning vehicle ASAP - busing to work, while possible, is a pain!
About 1:45-2:15,
iraunink headed out to visit the elder son. She didn't get very far - when she tried to start the car, it went click-click-chunk. I tried, same thing. We found a service station that was open - they sent the tow-truck over, took the car away, and called us back about 45-60 minutes later.The engine has seized.
So, now we get to figure out what we're going to do about it. The car is a 1995 Chevy Lumina, and is (we believe) in OK shape with two major exceptions. The obvious exception is the engine - the other is the fact that (as I see it) it's going to need a new transmission in the nearish future. (It frequently won't go in to Reverse quickly - a wait of 10-50 seconds, or revving the engine, is required.) So, do we pay for the engine, and try to keep space in the emergency budget for a new transmission, or do we get a new (or at least new to us) car?
The service guy is going to get us quotes on Monday for an engine - one for used, one for new. I wonder if new = rebuilt?
I'm guessing that we're looking at $3000-4000 for the engine and transmission - fortunately not all at once! As information - we got the car free from
iraunink's sister. They'd bought it brand new, and had put a new transmission in at about 60,000 miles. We got it at about 120,000 miles. It's been getting reasonable to good maintenance, regular oil changes, and hasn't been involved in any major accidents.Anyone have any insight, opinions, whatever as to what we should do? I'm really hoping to have a functioning vehicle ASAP - busing to work, while possible, is a pain!
Baen Webscriptions Free Month
Nov. 26th, 2006 10:43 amSomewhere around the end of the month, I buy the Webscription for three/four months out (for example, I bought Nov '03 somewhere between July 31, '03, and Aug 5, '03). I'll probably be buying April 2007 on Christmas Eve.
Baen Books has this nifty 'buy one, give one to a new customer' policy. If anyone has not received a Baen webscription before, and wants a free month, let me know! Your e-mail address has to not be in their database to get a free month. I'll take requests in the order they appear in my home inbox - sraun@fireopal.org.
If you don't get this month, I put you on my request list, and you get to be on the list for first shot at the new months as they come out.
Here's what's coming up:
April 2007 Webscriptions
Yellow Eyes, by John Ringo and Tom Kratman
Russian Amerika, by Stoney Compton
Breakfast in the Ruins, by Barry N. Malzberg
Into the Looking Glass, by John Ringo
The Weapon, by Michael Z. Williamson
Dark Companion, by Andre Norton
Fanglith, by John Dalmas
Baen Books has this nifty 'buy one, give one to a new customer' policy. If anyone has not received a Baen webscription before, and wants a free month, let me know! Your e-mail address has to not be in their database to get a free month. I'll take requests in the order they appear in my home inbox - sraun@fireopal.org.
If you don't get this month, I put you on my request list, and you get to be on the list for first shot at the new months as they come out.
Here's what's coming up:
April 2007 Webscriptions
Yellow Eyes, by John Ringo and Tom Kratman
Russian Amerika, by Stoney Compton
Breakfast in the Ruins, by Barry N. Malzberg
Into the Looking Glass, by John Ringo
The Weapon, by Michael Z. Williamson
Dark Companion, by Andre Norton
Fanglith, by John Dalmas
