strike three

[IMADreamer]

I've been having a great week. Finished up all the major spring stuff at the farm, things have been going great with my gf. Life is good. Except one area. Well two counting the Cardinals suckatude.

Yesterday I started up my car and it's idling rough as hell. Seems fine off idle but for some reason it's stumbling at idle. I have some ideas of why this might be but it's a little hard to diagnose.

I was driving home last night and I hit a family of racoons. Now rough idle is not that big of a problem in the grand scheme of things. The AC immediately quit. There was a huge puddle of coolant under my car this morning. Strike two.

Then I walk around to the back to grab my socket set out of the trunk and I see a flat tire. Strike three.

Still life is pretty good despite the who knows how much all this is going to cost to fix.

[Molly]

IMA take solace in the fact that you have car repair aptitude. The cost would be so much higher if you knew nothing about cars

[Secret Weapon]

It could be worse, you could be the family of raccoons.

[IMADreamer]

So true to the both of you.

I may have a pro fix the racoon damage though. Most procedures under the hood of my Vette start with "pull the engine." Which I am not a fan of doing. The last time I did it I had about 40 hours in work just getting the engine out and and back in the car. I doubt the damage is that bad but I'm not real sure what's all smashed up under there just yet. I'll find out later today when I can get the car in the air.

[Spider John]

I didn't know there was a gf. That's a good thing.