Catchin’ Up…
Survived game in Knoxville… barely! It was heart attack city for a while…
Made trek home without event… until…
In last 30 or so miles car started stuttering and sputtering… intermittently…
Monday morning, drove it slowly, stuttering and sputtering, to dealer..
Computer sez bad throttle position sensor… whatever the hell that is…
Not in stock… overnight express… ready by Wednesday… maybe…
Having 90,000 mile service done while in there…
Cost: all I have plus all I can borrow plus 50%… and first-born male child…
Meantime, rental car… hate it…
Titans lost to Denver on Monday Night Football…
Odd, depressing dream involving old corpse draped in terrycloth…
Houseful of holiday guests coming and I’m broke and driving a turkey…
All in all, it was a great weekend and a most shitty Monday…
Maybe Tuesday will be better…
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“throttle position sensor” . . . sounds like something a carburetor used to control, doesn’t it? Alas for the days when about all a guy needed to fix a car was a screwdriver and some wrenches and a 6-pack.
Anyway. I admit I was pulling for the intellectuals–they have the better English department, you know; that’s how I decide whom to root for when I’m not otherwise invested–but I’m pleased you left Knoxville happy that the Order of the Universe had not been disturbed.
May today be a better one.
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Hope your holiday will be a good one and make up for a bad start to the week.
The TPS should not cost more than 90 dollars. Some even cost only 22 Euros.
I hope it was. And that Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will make up for the weekend.
May the rest of the week erase the ugly Monday memories!