Category Archives: Cars

Automobiles—their tales and woes

The gods refuse to fucking STOP IT . . . .

Posted on October 9, 2003 by Marchbanks

Before the car broke, I thought we had at least a chance of scraping by somehow until January. Continue reading →

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The g$#!*#@ car just WON’T quit costing us money

Posted on June 2, 2003 by Marchbanks

It turns out that a retainer which held a valve-lifter roller bearing in place had broken. Continue reading →

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god-DAMMIT.

Posted on October 6, 2002 by Marchbanks

I can’t find a thousand dollars right now any more than I can flap my arms and fly. Continue reading →

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We didn’t get the car back this week

Posted on May 18, 2002 by Marchbanks

A piece of metal got sucked into the intake valve and fell back into the cylinder, doing more damage. Continue reading →

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Worse and worse

Posted on April 12, 2002 by Marchbanks

Now I get to try to find the four thousand dollars all this work will cost. Continue reading →

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Owww . . . .

Posted on April 11, 2002 by Marchbanks

Four blocks before I got to the school, something went “clank.” Continue reading →

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Car frustrations

Posted on July 20, 2001 by Marchbanks

We decided to take a flyer on the problem being in the relay, since that required $20 worth of parts and no labor instead of more than $500 worth of parts and several hours’ labor. Continue reading →

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The perversity of the inanimate

Posted on June 30, 2001 by Marchbanks

They couldn’t find anything wrong. Continue reading →

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