Irish wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 2:28 pm
So the T-Reg cost me $550 out of pocket. Windshield, camera calibration and I let them put in overpriced wipers ZFG. What a world we live in where a windshield replacement sets one back over a G.
The Optima $660; turned out to be a fan assembly and resistor that allowed the the refrigerant to overheat and blow out of the a valve somewhere. I no sooner got it home when it threw a code for Knock Sensor. The car is NOT knocking, but the ECU is retarding the timing because of the code. The sensor is on the block behind the Intake Manifold which is probably more than I want to do myself.
My poor kid had to take his driving test (yesterday) in a vehicle that was hesitating like a MF. As soon as the Evaluator got in the car, I cleared the code from afar and the sky opened up into a serious electrical storm. The were only gone for like 10 minutes so I assumed the worst (that he blew the parallel parking right out of the gate). But the torrential downpour turned out to be a blessing, as the woman allowed the turns in the parking lot to "count" and they never even left the parking lot.
I think I was more nervous about the outcome than the kid was (mostly because of the code throwing Korean jalopy) but all's well that ends well....
I'm not looking forward to that windshield bill, my
has a crack from top to bottom right down the middle, and I'm toying with dumping some glass filler liquid spooge that they advert on Instagram. I parked up after work today, mainly to book a couple of cottage rentals, and make a bunch of phone calls/emails.... And sure as the sky is blue, the battery died. I had my headlights on accidentally, and ran my phone charger, radio, fans, and the ignition was in the ON position, so it was enough to do in the four year old factory unit. Thankfully, I was parking across the street from a Costco (which I have a membership to), and they had the cheapest of three compatible batteries in stock, $134 minus a $10 trade in if I bring my old one back in. Took one of their carts, grabbed the battery, a kit of water balloons for the kids, a 500g block of Jarlsberg cheese, a bag of brazil nuts, and $30 worth of 1" thick top sirloin grilling steak. The cart is still in a neighboring parking lot, but I'm at home enjoying a cold beer.
, lemonade out of lemons!