well it is official. jason's jeep is dead.
it has been having a series of problems for months now including needing new barings, oil pump and other major repairs. plus it still didn't have very good oil pressure as in when he was at a stop it would fall to zero. not good. then on thursday he was getting ready to get on i-95 and the jeep went bang then the engine died. for once jason's speedy driving was an asset since he had enough momentum to coast into a parking spot at the mystic marriott. it could have been far worse like if he'd actually gotten on 95 or in the middle of the road. instead he got to hang out in the lobby, out of the rain, until i could pick him up. friday he had it towed to his mechanic where the funeral notice came from today. i guess the crank shaft broke and shoved rods into someplace that sounds scary.
so he is now in the market for a new car. probably a civic so that he could actually get more than 13 miles to the gallon. he's going to hang onto what is left of the jeep until he can scrape the money together to put a new engine it. it will be his fair weather, fun car. no point trading it in. he'd only get a couple hundred bucks for it in the shape it is in.
can't really complain though especially when it could have turned out far worse.
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Please extend my sympathies. It is sad to lose so well loved. Tell him that he should definitely keep his jeep. Casey got rid of his old Trooper when he bought is new truck and regrets it. He thinks that it would have made a great truck for kayaking. I think it would have been a nightmare...4x4ing in the mountains to get to mystery rivers in a box of bolts! I guess that is the difference between men and women (well, one of the differences).
I miss his Trooper because it is the car he had when I fell in love with him. Whenever I see one on the road (an infrequent occurence these days), I think of him and smile.
(Oh, and for what it is worth, Casey's mom recently bought a camry and loves it).
That was to read: something so well loved...
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