Category Archives: Cars

Automobiles—their tales and woes

We bought it

“It” is a 2004 Ford Focus ZTS sedan. Continue reading

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Unexpectedly buying a car

I was intending to buy a car, so it wasn’t completely unexpected.  The unexpected part came when I bought a car about a week before I intended to. Continue reading

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How to stop your truck from fishtailing

I drove probably twenty thousand miles in a couple of years, lugging those gravestones around. Continue reading

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When you’re hot, you’re hot

As I feared, the new thermostat didn’t cure Piet’s overheating problems. Continue reading

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Piet runs a fever

I noticed the temp needle had climbed up somewhere around two thirty-five. Continue reading

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That was the worst week in a LONG, LONG time

I worked something like seventy hours last week, as best I can figure out. Continue reading

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What’s in a car’s (new) name?

Piet is now who he is. Continue reading

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Got the pickup fixed, too

So fifteen bucks for the plug wires and a couple of hours’ labor, and I might not get killed. Continue reading

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My cars don’t have names any more

The last coupla cars I’ve owned haven’t had enough personality for me to learn what their names were.  I miss that. Continue reading

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Maybe it’s not QUITE so grim as it first seemed

Although it’s still quite grim enough, thank you. Continue reading

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