Category Archives: Cars

Automobiles—their tales and woes

We bought it

Posted on April 9, 2005 by Marchbanks

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

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Unexpectedly buying a car

Posted on April 9, 2005 by Marchbanks

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

Posted on December 22, 2004 by Marchbanks

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

Posted on August 13, 2004 by Marchbanks

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

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Piet runs a fever

Posted on August 13, 2004 by Marchbanks

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

Posted on January 25, 2004 by Marchbanks

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?

Posted on December 24, 2003 by Marchbanks

Piet is now who he is. Continue reading →

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Got the pickup fixed, too

Posted on December 7, 2003 by Marchbanks

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

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Marchbanks

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

Posted on October 10, 2003 by Marchbanks

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

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