Attack of the Car Demon, Part Deux

[cathyr19355]

It turns out that jmaynard was right--the only thing wrong with the car turned out to be a bad battery. If only the battery had crapped out two days sooner, while the car was still in the shop undergoing annual state inspection, it would have saved me some time and stress if not money. Ed, my mechanic, tells me that most car batteries today have a 5-year warranty, and he put my last one in 5 years ago. Figures. :-(

In any event, I got the car back for a measly $140 ($89 for the new battery, the rest for labor). So things could have been a lot worse.

On the other hand, the new motor in my *car's* A/C system, the new motor Ed put in when I had the car inspected because the old one was whining annoyingly, has suddenly decided to work only when I have the fan set at the highest possible setting. Why, oh why can't anything I've gotten fixed lately *stay* fixed?

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Re: Different mechanic?

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

No, I do trust my mechanic. I've been dealing with my current mechanic at least as long as you have with yours, and the double-double whammy is most unusual. Part of the reason I trust my mechanic is that if something doesn't stay fixed, I can take it back and they'll fix it without further charge without question.

The reason the steering didn't stay fixed was that my guy got a defective part from his supplier. I haven't gone back about the A/C fan, in part because I got a very late start this morning and didn't want to come home early to retrieve the car afterward.