Words you do not want your mechanic to say

When explaining a problem the van is having, the mechanic had a reaction that did not inspire confidence. Four times now, when Debbie was driving, all the warning lights on the dashboard would light and the van would shut off. The mechanic's reaction: "Really? ... Huh." That prompted an internal monologue reaction of "Crap. Kaching."

My fears seem warranted when the follow up call came:

Mr Brown? This is Drippy the Grease Monkey. Um ... we're going to start with replacing the air control valve, updating the computer, and performing an induction service

This cannot end well.

Sorry for the blog spam

Last night as I was making my post, Blogger gave me the option of upgrading to their beta version. I had been wanting this for a while so took the oppurtunity. Unfortunately, that resulted in every post I had made since September showing up as newly added in LJ. Sorry about the blog spam!