You might recall that I recently broke my car with an amazing feat of strength.
Well, I got it fixed yesterday, and received further evidence that while having doctors, lawyers, etc. in your family sounds impressive, it's much more useful to have plumbers, carpenters and car mechanics.
Case in point: The part that needed to be replaced cost $24. Labor to install said part? $90.
I shouldn't have discarded those brochures I received from mechanic schools when I was applying to colleges.
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
On the juice, it seems
In a somewhat mysterious feat of strength, I managed to rip the handle off the inside of the driver's door of my car on Saturday night. The car door had gotten hung up on the sidewalk, and I pulled a little too hard.
Although my friends Grande and C. found this rather amusing, I did not. (OK, it was a little funny.)
Even though I am trying not to think about how much this is going to cost to fix, I am reminded every time I hop into the car and, without thinking, yank the handle right off again as I try to close the door.
(For you astute readers out there: Yes, I did decide the logical thing to do a mere 17 hours after getting off a flight from Asia was to drive 4 1/2 hours to my hometown.)
Although my friends Grande and C. found this rather amusing, I did not. (OK, it was a little funny.)
Even though I am trying not to think about how much this is going to cost to fix, I am reminded every time I hop into the car and, without thinking, yank the handle right off again as I try to close the door.
(For you astute readers out there: Yes, I did decide the logical thing to do a mere 17 hours after getting off a flight from Asia was to drive 4 1/2 hours to my hometown.)
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Update (1/30/07): I went to the VW dealer yesterday. My show of strength is going to cost me $126 to repair. Yay.