[DeTomaso] Fix it while I take your car... (NPC)

[Mark McWhinney]

My boss managed to put her Opel Manta into the dirt (mud) after spinning
off of 101 this morning.  The first rain of the season is always bad.


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of detomasoregistry at gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:26 PM
To: List
Subject: [DeTomaso] Fix it while I take your car... (NPC)

 

We are having a decent first-of-the-season rain storm here in Nor Cal.
(Evacuations in
the mountains etc.)

 

The wife has been out doing errands driving all over town.

 

She pokes her head in my office, to report, "Something went wrong with
my car."

 

Fix it, while I take your car to the movies.

 

(Well thank you dear!)

 

I ask what happened.  She replies that she was driving along (she is a
lead-foot, with
many tickets as proof),

saw a huge 'puddle' and drove right thru it, when suddenly the steering
became hard to
turn, and the dash

lights came on with several warnings.

 

But she had errands to finish.  When she got home, and described to me
the symptoms,
(battery warning on dash

among others) I suspected that she threw the 'fan' belt.  15 seconds of
standing in the
torrential rain confirmed my

suspicions.

 

Well as a modern car, this is a serpentine belt including everything,
the power steering,
alternator, etc.

Lovely.  

 

If my small garage was not full of "Man Stuff" I would fix it while she
is chowing down
$12 popcorn at the movies.

 

Just a little pissed.

 

Chuck

 

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