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Tuesday, August 03, 2004 Vehicular Mortality If you are me or just know me, apparently it's a bad time to have a car. On Sunday, Carolyn's car died for some reason or another, as did mine. I was on the freeway, driving to my parents' to have dinner with them before my dad took off to visit his parents in Singapore, when I suddenly realized that my car's temperature gauge had shot all the way up. This after filling the coolant two days before (remember what made me late to my concert?) thanks to a similar situation. But there I was, in my 1989 Honda Civic Wagon that had engine problems just a month ago, calling up random people on my cell phone so I could kill time since I didn't have a book or anything to read. And the cars on M-14 were whizzing by, causing my insubstantial junker to recoil like a newly-hit punching bag. Yet I thought to myself, "No big deal, I'll just wait and fill it up again and it'll be fine." Right. After letting the engine cool sufficently to pour antifreeze into the appropriate hole, I was on my way--for less than a quarter of a mile. Once again, the temperature skyrocketed past the red danger zone and I had to pull over. The car is now in the hands of a mechanic who will hopefully get it back in shape tomorrow. But it's not just girls who are having car problems. Al got into a car accident on Monday (I think it was Monday and not Sunday) . He's fine but his Camry is not. Looks like a trip to the dealership is in order, and according to the police the accident was his fault--nevermind that the other driver didn't have her headlights on at 9:10pm when sunset is officially 8:50pm or that she'd been in another accident in the last month. Guess who's contesting that one? So if your car has unexpectedly decided to commit suicide, share your story in the comments section. But if it's still happy with you, and I hope it is, be thankful and stay away from me until the apparent jinx disappears. ^ Top | 11:29 AM | | | 
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