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

[Ginga Wilder]

Oh, so sorry, Mike.  Bummer.
Ginga

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 3:33 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.
>