Conservation of Karma
Feb. 25th, 2004 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robotech_masterAs if the universe required some sort of balance to be restored, almost immediately after having such good luck as is mentioned in my LJ post below, I hit a doozy of a bad luck instance.
As I was on the way home from the grocery store, where I'd gone to pick up the garlic bread I'd forgotten (I planned to have spaghetti tonight, you see), my car abruptly died, leaving me motionless in the middle of the road at the intersection just north of Cherry and Glenstone. I was able to get some help to move it off the street, then I had to wait 45 minutes for a tow truck to arrive, and pay $45 (which the insurance will hopefully reimburse) for the tow to the Firestone up the street from me.
From the symptoms—when I turned the key, the ignition would only turn over once or twice, then stop—I'm guessing that the battery's run down. Why the battery would have run down, I'm not sure, especially since I only just got it a few months ago. I have a coupon for a free battery charge from Firestone...but if the battery ran down once, it means something's probably wrong with the alternator, so it might well do it again. Which means in all likelihood costly repair expenses for me. I need to go ahead and get to bed soon so I can get up early tomorrow and get it seen to.
As I was on the way home from the grocery store, where I'd gone to pick up the garlic bread I'd forgotten (I planned to have spaghetti tonight, you see), my car abruptly died, leaving me motionless in the middle of the road at the intersection just north of Cherry and Glenstone. I was able to get some help to move it off the street, then I had to wait 45 minutes for a tow truck to arrive, and pay $45 (which the insurance will hopefully reimburse) for the tow to the Firestone up the street from me.
From the symptoms—when I turned the key, the ignition would only turn over once or twice, then stop—I'm guessing that the battery's run down. Why the battery would have run down, I'm not sure, especially since I only just got it a few months ago. I have a coupon for a free battery charge from Firestone...but if the battery ran down once, it means something's probably wrong with the alternator, so it might well do it again. Which means in all likelihood costly repair expenses for me. I need to go ahead and get to bed soon so I can get up early tomorrow and get it seen to.
