If any of you have followed this humble blog in the past, you are well aware of my love-hate relationship with the dealer from whom the PT Cruiser and the Dodge Dakota were purchased. So, I won't go into any of that crap. That being said, coming home from the restaurant this morning in the Cruiser, I went over a small rise in the road and then had a change of mind and turned around. No reverse gear. It had been giving me trouble the past year, kinda hard to shift into to where you had to play with the clutch to get it to engage. Must've been the bump in the road that finally caused it to give up the ghost. And, yes, I was going a bit too fast. Managed to get to the PO and then decided to take it over to Sam's garage. He and his wife have been friends of mine for over 30 years. He looked under the hood and saw the plastic thingy was in a sorry state. You have to buy both linkages as a set. I guess Chrysler figured when one goes, the other is not far behind it. So, since it'll be Monday before he can start on it, 'cause he had to order the part, and they're not open on Saturdays, I told him to go ahead and inspect it and change the oil. They use Kendall and I've always used Mobil. They'll be getting Mobil for me. At least that is what they told me. I hope I don't catch them in a lie. Might have to wander over there on Monday to check for empty cans.
Later..............
2 comments:
And WHY were you going a 'bit too fast' my dear cousin?? Pls. Slow that roll down!
I was actually trying to catch a friend, who I thought was in the car ahead. The 'bump' snuck up on me. Oh, well. Live and learn. I'm still living and still learning. And, it's nice to see at least one family member is reading my blog, eh?
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