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Bad Boyfriend
01/22/09
07:39:12 pm, by admin 
, 265 words 
Categories: ...and Takes On, 사랑?, America, Things I'd Forgotten About
Bad Boyfriend
Rrrr-rr-rr.
"Dammit."
Rrrrrrrrr-rrrr-rr— Silence.
Yesterday I ended up walking to work.
When I got home, I called the towing company that handles our complex's parking lot, because (unknown to me before I had to change a tire!) they provide minor car assistance. The guy came, gave me a jump and asked me how I drive. I told him.
When I came inside, Good Man asked what was wrong.
"It seems that I am like a bad boyfriend."
"How?"
"I just start her and go. I'm ready to go, she should be, too!" Good Man laughed and I said, "I should know better. She's not a p*** star car."
"Are you going to blog about this?" he asked.
I drove Good Man to school and a few hours later, went back to pick him up. The truck was still slow to start. And this morning it was slow to start again. I let him (her?) warm up and everything, but after work? Slow to start.
Maybe I'm not all that terrible...
So I bought a AAA membership and called them. They came over and tested my battery. It was bad, so they replaced and installed a new battery.
My car is pretty reliable, but car stuff freaks me out. I looked at how to install a battery and it was dead easy, but it's cold outside. I don't want to change another damn tire and I don't want to install my own battery. If I'm stuck somewhere, I'll let AAA come and help me out.
And I'll let my truck warm up in the morning.
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I love AAA. They rescued my friend and I when her car broke down at Devil's Tower. The guy had to come from 80 miles away.
Growing up in California, I never had to do any of this stuff...
FYI mine lasted almost 3 years, but I lost the receipt...u figured they would have some type of info on their system about it, but I needed to prove to them when I purchased/got the battery installed.
Jin, I scanned both sides of the receipt and kept one copy in my glove box, one in my car file, and an electronic copy on my hard drive. :D
As you might have already guessed, she's had absolutely no trouble with her car since then.
If it is an exceptionally cold day, I even recommend warming your car up after it had been stopped for more than a few hours. Your car has just been sitting there for a few hours it needs a little warming up to get it moving again.
Another reason you do this is to give the fluids a chance to move through the car and warm up a little before just starting the car and going. I hope this helps a little.
I know about heater blocks and plugging cars in from living in MN, but we don't see that weather in DC.
As you know, MN or Winnipeg is a different story...warming up a car there is A-OK!
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