Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Car trouble

Sometimes I believe I am cursed when it comes to cars. The one I have now is only a few years old, but since I got it I have spent a fair bit on fixing it.
6 months ago the battery light came on and soon the car wouldnt start. I didnt know what it was and people told me that after about 5 years you probably need a new battery, so I got a new one from Kmart (cheapest around) for $120. When I got it to the car, the light stayed on. Took it to the auto electrician and got a replacement alternator for $275 ($150 cheaper than a brand new one from Ford). The guy said that the reason it died was that the power steering fluid was leaking into the alternator out of a faulty hose. Cheacked with Ford and was quoted $300 for a new hose. Went to a wrecker and bought a second hand hose for $70. The next day I just happened to be talking to my little bro (who works for Ford in Sydney) and he said that the problem was a tiny washer (should have been recognised and changed when I got a service not long before that). Grrr. Went to the washer place and the guy ended up just giving me about 6 of the damn things for free. Changed them myself and havent had a problem there since. I could have saved all that time effort and money if the person who serviced the car had bothered to put a new washer in. Needless to say, I wont be back to Keira Ford.
Just before my holiday away I went and got the car serviced. They told me that the rear discs were scored and I needed new ones, as well as new rear pads and handbrake pads. This amounted to $500. Which at the time was all the money I had saved for my holiday. Thankfully God sorted it out and I was still able to go and have a great time.
So, you would imagine my concern when all of a sudden, whenever there was a load on the engine that it started shuddering and losing power. I was pretty sure it was the gearbox and gearboxes cost lots. I learnt from last time and when I went to pick up my new bike on Friday night, took it straight to my bro to take to work during the week. He took it in and recognised it to be dodgy ignition leads. He put on some second hand ones that were kicking arond the workshop and he says it runs fine now. Big thanks to God.
Dont know what the point to the whole story is, but maybe that I should trust God more. He has it sorted out.

2 Comments:

At 4:23 pm, Blogger /Karen/ said...

It's a good point that God is sovereign over our cars. I get so frustrated with ours—mainly because of the stress that it causes Ben—but now after having had it for about 2-3 years, I wonder if it is better to simply get rid of it given all the time and money that we've poured into it. I am so tempted to spend all our savings and buy a new car simply to rid our lives of less car trouble. But a new car does not necessarily mean less car trouble, does it ...

 
At 9:07 am, Blogger Stoobie said...

True dat. In fact, the evil car you know is so much better than the one you dont.

 

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