Normal wear and tear on my poor little truck. The little beast that helped move a man-eating plant to our local theater. The one that moved things for all of my daughters. Moved firewood to keep me warm in the winter. Carried my dearest family to their home in Florida. 6 years and 175000 miles of travel and hauling. Last week some of its age showed up.
There have been the little things like worn out tires, slightly balky windows, a worn out battery. But last week the poor little beast lost its muffler. Nothing prepared me for the sound that the little 5 cylinder engine made without that noise reducer. It was hard to hear myself think. So of course I needed to get it replace/fixed before the big trip Friday evening (more on that later).
Started out as a nice simple fix, no problems. A loose joint welded together and everything would be back to normal. Except that after they did that, they noticed something else was wrong… Hmm more time and money gone.
I drove off with a new muffler and fixed Then something else in the exhaust came off. Back the the shop.. Grumble…. More time spent, but at least this time no money…. Most of the day shot.
Except, I was able to memorize were everything was in our local WalMart. But they moved everything now, since Halloween is over….. 🙁
You should wait until mid-January when all of the post holiday cheer has ended. OH, wait make that post-Valentin… err, Easter. Hmm… is there EVER a good time to memorize where everything is in WM?
Nope – they are constantly changing things over there. Sometimes for holidays, sometimes for fun, sometimes to try to make more money – well, mostly that, I spose.
Sorry to hear about your truck. Car repairs are the worst!
175,000 miles in just 6 years! Well, the other day I encountered a 2008 (or was it 2009?) vehicle with 93,000 miles. I recently broke 100,000, something I never would have expected to do just a couple years ago.