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

[Judy Fleener]

We drove to Nashville after Christmas and when we were ready to go to
church on Sunday the car would not start, not catastrophic, only a new
battery, but I live in fear with 285,000 miies on my car.  We are in no
position to replace it.

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
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>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
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> 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.
>>>
>>
>


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Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan