Headed out yesterday morning for a family outing. J****'s workplace was having a picnic at the Kentucky Kingdom. The kids were extremely excited, it was all they talked about all week long. We stopped and got McDonalds breakfast for the kids, went to K-Mart for J**** some swim trunks, got a pack of cigs and head up I-64 for Louisville. Free tickets, free food, full tank of gas, haven't forgotten anything, fresh oil change yesterday. We are living life happy and good.
Yeah, sure.
29 miles to go -- wooo hoooo. Ticka, ticka, tacka, tack. What the hell is that? Give it a little gas -- louder ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack. Turn off the radio, turn off the AC...ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack, ticka, ticka, tacka, tack. That doesn't sound good. Now what?
Hurstbourne Lane -- let's pull off at a gas station and check the oil. At end of exit --- ticka, ticka the van dies. I start her back up and pull into the BP. J**** gets out and opens the hood. No smoke, no engine light, no oil light, oil is fine, everything looks good. I turn her back on ticka, ticka, tacka, tack. Kids are freaking out and get out of van and stand on sidewalk -- Daddy says "Turn it off I think the engine is about to blow up." Ummmm, don't say blow up in front of a seven and five year old. They run!!! They run to the other end of the sidewalk screaming and jumping, Mommy- Daddy it's going to blow up. The boy is running after them -- it looks fun, hey why not.
Long story short -- we take a cab to Kentucky Kingdom, the van is towed to our mechanic (that's going to be one heck of a tow bill), and my best friend S**** comes to Louisville to pick us up and take us back home.
We had a good time, but boy oh boy -- I am not looking forward to hearing how much this is going to cost. Thank goodness that we have been following the advice of Dave Ramsey and have an emergency fund.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode -- what happened to the van? How much will it cost? Will Nay lose her mind?
J**** says it is a valve.
Paw says it is an oil pump.
Daddy says it is a rod.
I say that Valvoline Instant Oil Change did something to screw it up -- it was running fine before I had the oil changed on Friday.
We'll see.
2 comments:
Glad you had an Emergency fund....hope it works out, thanks for the link too
by the way, thanks for the link on the sidebar, I will be linking back to you too!
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