Bleah

[ginkage]

Eventful day. Or not, depending upon how you see it.

I own a Mercury Grand Marquis, 1985 model. It's a good car, even if it's gas tank/fuel gauge is busted, it has a jerry-rigged oil cap, and no heat/AC. It's a good car.

Well...today it decided to become a good hunk of steel. It died on me halfway to work. At this time, I don't know what the cause is save that it went *thunk* and the engine died. Drew and I got it to turn over and move long enough to start heading home before the engine quit again and could not be coaxed to starting.

She had oil, she had a nearly full tank of gas, all hoses appeared intact. Only possible problem is fresh oil leaking around the engine that Drew says could be from a blown head gasket.

Either way, I'll be out $60 at the most for the towing.

Damnit...she was my first car. She never did me wrong. Am I too sentimental to want to lose her? Her name was Camellia, often Cammie for short. I want my boat back. *sniffle*

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[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

*hugs tightly* I understand that sorrow... abandoned with the house last October was my 1988 Mercury Grand Marquis. We'd picked her up as a second car, and within two weeks she'd become my primary set of wheels. When I had to say goodbye to her, she'd been parked for nearly a year waiting for me to get the funds to do a few repairs to the engine. During the final frantic month, I got handed enough money to make the engine repairs, and discovered that in the year of sitting that her transmission'd gone south as well. :( *sigh* The truck I've been given is nice, and it really runs well, but I miss Bea...

[ginkage.livejournal.com]

Well...see my most recent post for an interesting turn. Mind, I'm going to get proof of my car's defunctness first, but it's an unexpected offer.

I'd just have to come up with $5k.