Hooray for banana loaf! And thanks for the catsitting. We came home to a happy, vigorous beastie. citabria's got us covered for this weekend (while I'm in Seattle, Dan will be in Massachusetts doing his 150 mile charity bike ride thing), and she lives in South River.
Congrats on the new apartment. You'll have to tell us all about it.
The alternator's not the only thing the Volvo needs. The car failed inspection because the driver's side front window doesn't seal properly and is held closed with duct tape and...drum roll please!...there's a major exhaust leak. I could describe poetically the configuration of the rust and the jerry-rigging adjacent to the catalytic converter, but the bottom line is, any time you touch the exhaust system, you're looking at something annoyingly expensive. Before the alternator went, we were right at the cusp of deciding to retire the Volvo. After some deliberation, we had the repairs scheduled for next week. Last night, Mel (http://www.melsauto.com/) listened to our description of the new problem and said, "Sarah, how attached are you to this car?" It's old enough that there's sure to be a next repair to do, and it probably wouldn't be six months before the next repair revealed itself.
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Date: 2006-06-19 03:16 pm (UTC)Congrats on the new apartment. You'll have to tell us all about it.
The alternator's not the only thing the Volvo needs. The car failed inspection because the driver's side front window doesn't seal properly and is held closed with duct tape and...drum roll please!...there's a major exhaust leak. I could describe poetically the configuration of the rust and the jerry-rigging adjacent to the catalytic converter, but the bottom line is, any time you touch the exhaust system, you're looking at something annoyingly expensive. Before the alternator went, we were right at the cusp of deciding to retire the Volvo. After some deliberation, we had the repairs scheduled for next week. Last night, Mel (http://www.melsauto.com/) listened to our description of the new problem and said, "Sarah, how attached are you to this car?" It's old enough that there's sure to be a next repair to do, and it probably wouldn't be six months before the next repair revealed itself.