One of the smaller-yet-significant Things To Figure Out has been what to do with my car. My trusty old Alero has treated me well, getting me back and forth to many football games and family gatherings between Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago over the past 8 years. But its dying a slow and painful death.
This new year has been off to a particularly rough start for the car. For starters, being rear-ended twice in a span of about two weeks (the second one coming less than 72 hours after I had gotten her back from the shop after the first one--I was on a first name basis with the folks at Progressive last month.). Between the second accident and my appointment with the shop to have the damage fixed, the serpentine belt started to shred.
I managed to limp it out to the shop and got all of that resolved at the same time, but now the belt has started squeaking like mad. Hopefully its an easy adjustment. But I've also started noticing a loud, nasty revving hum, that I believe to be the bearings going (again). Last time I had those fixed was just over a year ago (of course, just over the warranty) and was pricy. As in, more than I could probably get if I were to sell it.
But I'm afraid its going to die on my on a final trip back to Michigan leaving me stranded in Kalamazoo, or worse, Gary. So it looks like another trip to the shop is in the works before then.
After that, storage up at the farm for the next three months is probably in the cards, with a possible future as an organ donor for the two other Aleros that have made their way into our family's fleet. It'd be nice to have some wheels when I get back (assuming I'm back in July), but if she get's me through March and back to Michigan, I can live with that.
C'mon, girl... just three more weeks.
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