{"id":450,"date":"2006-02-22T12:02:56","date_gmt":"2006-02-22T12:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/02\/let_down_by_a_f.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:47","slug":"let_down_by_a_f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/02\/let_down_by_a_f.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Let Down By a Faithful Old Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I’ve written before<\/a>, my old Escort has been a very faithful, if boring, friend for over 10 years. She’s served me well, doing her job with few complaints. Nearing the end of her life, she just keeps on going, like a big, rusty, 2,500 pound Energizer Bunny.
\nThat is, until yesterday.
\nAfter work as I turned into my neighborhood, I attempted to downshift into second gear. I say attempted, because it just wasn’t having any of it. No amount of clutch pumping and shifter shoving was working. I managed to get it the remaining few blocks to my driveway. Later, I tried to run an errand and found that it wasn’t going to go at all. It was stuck in reverse and when I did get it into neutral and started, the clutch was simply not going to let go. All atempts to get it into gear was left with the sounds of coffe beans being ground.
\nSo there it sits and I have a decision to make. It’s just shy of $250 and a full weekend in the garage to fix the clutch. I’ve got only 10 payments on my van left, when I had planned on putting the old Escort out to pasture. That’s really too many to feel comfortable about getting a new vehicle, but few enough to make replacing this clutch a painful choice. Still, it’s less that one of those 10 payments on a new car between now and owning the van free and clear, so it’s likely the right choice. I’ve tried real hard<\/em> to find a way to make it the wrong one, trust me.
\nAnyway, I’ve got more substantial stuff to write, but I think I’ll be spending my time under the car for the next few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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