[Magdalen] Update; "Crushing blow"; was Not a fun vacation.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

never a good time or place for these kind of things... been there done 
that - several times (once with a van : (  - full sized)

Lynn

My email  is changing soon to: houstonKLR at gmail.com


website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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From: "James David Walley" <jwalley at jdw-media.com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 3:33 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Update; "Crushing blow"; was Not a fun vacation.

> Been there, done that. That time, back in 2009, the breakdown took place 
> halfway up Mount Rainier (why can't you get blown engines in conveniently 
> well-populated flatland areas?). In my case, seeing as my car had over 
> 425,000 miles and a host of other not-inexpensive chronic problems, I 
> opted to go the vehicle-replacement route.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 29, 2014, at 12:33 PM, "M J [Mike] Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> "Crushing blow" is from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee 
>> emails.  If not always "crushing", it was "devastating".
>>
>> Anyway.  Just got word from the auto shop, and I should have followed my 
>> mechanic's suggestion six months ago and had my timing belt replaced 
>> (every 90,000 miles), as I have an "interrupter engine", meaning when the 
>> timing belt snaps, it crushes everything in its path, effectively 
>> destroying the engine.  Yay.  I done dood that thing.  Long and short is, 
>> I either pay these (locally reputable) people to find me a reasonable 
>> used engine, or I sign it away and go home and buy a new (used) car.  The 
>> latter ain't gonna happen.  Approx $5,000 for a used engine, or approx. 
>> $14,000 for another used car (which would have within it a used engine, 
>> wink wink), over five years.  I'm opting for the cheaper route.  Got to. 
>> Plus, I have some money in savings just for such a crappy eventuality.  I 
>> won't be out of pocket too much in the end.  And I'll have a "new" 
>> engine.  Yay, again.
>>
>> Tomorrow, to Enterprise, to rent a car for hopefully not the full two 
>> weeks I was told it could take to find and install the engine.  And, of 
>> course, I'm doing all this "during the $ea$on".  Grrr.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the prayers.