Cause Of Death: Cancer
Huh, my wheel looks like it's pushed back pretty far...
Oh Snap!
And the other side. So yeah, I really had been having a pretty good day. Tips were excellent (I ended up with $52, a new record for me), and at two o-clock I saw the flyover from the WWII memorial dedication flying back into Fleming Field (11 AT-6's, 1 BT-13, 3 B-25's, and 3 P-51's).
My troubles began with my first delivery of the day, to the Postal Workers Credit Union on Robert St., which has a very steep entrance ramp. I didn't realize just how steep it was, until I hit it at about 20mph, scraping the radiator brace on the pavement. When I got back to the store, it looked like the right side wheel had a lot of negative camber. Then, about an hour later, I backed out of a parking spot and rode the right wheel up on the curb. Shortly after that, I noticed that my car was pulling hard to the right, and I had to have the wheel cranked about a half turn to the left to keep it straight. At around 3:10, I had to make a delivery to the Sherwin Williams Paint Store that's next to Hollywood Video and Big Dollar. Then I cruised through the parking lot, over three speed bumps, and then I turned east on Marie Ave. and I got in the turn lane to go north on Robert St.. When I hit my brakes, it felt like the steering wheel broke loose from the column. When I tried to take off again, there was a horrible grinding noise from the wheel. And now you know the rest of the story.
Sidenote: my dad called a friend of his who works as a mechanic at a Chevy dealership, to see if he had any leads on any cheap cars. When he said the words "suspension problem" to this guy, he apparently said, "oh, did the a-arm mounts rust out?"
At the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, NY, 1,016 miles from home.
My troubles began with my first delivery of the day, to the Postal Workers Credit Union on Robert St., which has a very steep entrance ramp. I didn't realize just how steep it was, until I hit it at about 20mph, scraping the radiator brace on the pavement. When I got back to the store, it looked like the right side wheel had a lot of negative camber. Then, about an hour later, I backed out of a parking spot and rode the right wheel up on the curb. Shortly after that, I noticed that my car was pulling hard to the right, and I had to have the wheel cranked about a half turn to the left to keep it straight. At around 3:10, I had to make a delivery to the Sherwin Williams Paint Store that's next to Hollywood Video and Big Dollar. Then I cruised through the parking lot, over three speed bumps, and then I turned east on Marie Ave. and I got in the turn lane to go north on Robert St.. When I hit my brakes, it felt like the steering wheel broke loose from the column. When I tried to take off again, there was a horrible grinding noise from the wheel. And now you know the rest of the story.
Sidenote: my dad called a friend of his who works as a mechanic at a Chevy dealership, to see if he had any leads on any cheap cars. When he said the words "suspension problem" to this guy, he apparently said, "oh, did the a-arm mounts rust out?"
Meanwhile, I'd like to remember Maggie in happier times...
At the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, NY, 1,016 miles from home.
posted by AP at 1:17 PM
2 Comments:
It's always sad to lose your first car. I still mourn the 'Stiva. Also it's great that a car is known to have A-Arm rusting off issues. That's not really that big a deal.
Not a big deal at all. Hell, something like that'll buff out. Right?
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