Okay, I admit it. Havoc happened. I went out to start the van this morning, and it wouldn’t start. I forgot to plug it in. So I plugged it in and waited. Still, the engine spun around and around, but it didn’t fire up. I used the little Noco Boost Plus battery booster, and it still just spun around but didn’t fire.
vehicles
flat
Flip! I got a flat. I knew it was low Friday evening. I borrowed FT’s car to go to Milk River for tutoring. But today it’s flat than a pancake (but only on the bottom, so that’s good).
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engine light, cups, snow
I’m at Northside Dodge (now called Gary Moe) having the Chrysler Town and Country diagnosed. The engine light came on a few days ago. So now I have some downtime in the ‘service lounge’. What to do? I should have brought receipts to do finances. At least I have a cup of coffee.
I went to Starbucks today for a Pike Place coffee and brought my own cup. The server poured coffee into a paper cup and then threw the paper cup in the garbage can. I called him on it; he said it was to measure the right amount of coffee. What is the point of bringing my own cup?
It’s snowing again. It started yesterday afternoon while we were working.
van floor liner
I’m tired of vacuuming the van. It has a carpeted floor in the back, and it continually gets dirty. So I bought a 4×8 sheet of hardboard. I painted it with a grey floor paint with anti-skid substance added to it to stop the tools from sliding everywhere. I wonder how long it will last.
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fall
I bought new tires for the Chrysler Town & Country. They’re not all season tires like before, like what we’ve all gotten used to. If you look closely at your all season tires, you’ll notice they’re not rated for snow. I now have all weather. They have the little picture of a snowflake on the tire, designating them suitable as a snow tire. I got them at Mo-Tires here in Lethbridge.
seeing red (or, red vs. amber signals)
I’ve long thought this was a weirdity in North American culture – blinking red brake lights to act as signal lights.
Now that I have this Chrysler Town & Country, and my first vehicle in ages to have red rear signal lights, it’s become front-and-center to me.
Turn signals — amber or red? Yes, it matters
flat tire, new rims
Well this is embarrassing!
But these tiny spare tires are supposed to do up to 80km/h. Wow.
Even last winter when A&C were visiting, two tires went flat. Cheap iron rims. They rusted and continually lost their bead. Matt B., a tire guy I know at Elrich, told me these would probably last 3 or 4 years, especially if only used in winter. He knows his stuff, Not using them during hot weather loosens the bead, moisture gets in, and the metal begins to rust.
So I went to Kia to order rims.
What do you think? I know, I know, they’re a lot of money for just a set of rims. The point is a) I hated those winter beater car iron rims, b) I wanted something nicer to match the summer rims, and c) I hated pumping up my tires every few days.