Lord of the Castle

We have been limping along with just our two trucks to get the my wife and I to work and my daughter to and from school. We have made it work, but I REALLY don’t like the idea of my wife driving Wild Bill, our OLD F-150!
Well, tonight we replaced the Honda.
While fixing the Maxima’s [...]

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The other driver’s insurance company called me to inform me that they have declared the Honda a total loss.
Excuse me while I wipe a few tears from my eye…
I asked what they valued the car at
“Given that the car had a leather interior, low miles (I didn’t say anything but this struck me as somewhat [...]

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In August, 2004, my oldest daughter drove our new Ford Windstar for her first day of classes at the local community college.
My son was with her because we had just learned that. although he was just 14, he qualified to enroll in a college Algebra class. Our youngest daughter was also in the car.
She was [...]

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That was the Scarecrow’s chorus in “The Wizard of Oz.” He called me and wants royalties from me!
I didn’t get a call from the general manager of the Honda shop last night.
So, in anticipation of his call this morning…
I left my phone at home!!!
DUUUUUHHHH!
I called my wife as soon as I got to work to [...]

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In our last episode, I was rushing the car back to the Honda shop hoping that someone was there even though they were closing when I drove off their lot 30 minutes earlier.
I prayed a desperation prayer, “God, please have someone at the shop.” Like God is going to have someone drive back to the [...]

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I picked up the Honda from the shop after work. I got it serviced before my wife drives to Nashville to visit a few friends this weekend.
I asked the shop to fix only what was necessary. That came to a total of $104. I was happy.
Since the shop was closing, I chose to drive the [...]

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I received a welcome but unexpected surprise this morning.
I took off for work in my daughter’s Honda this morning like every other morning. The red “Seat Belt” light was doing its job. After I put my seat belt, I noticed that there were no warning lights on!
The “Check Engine” light was OFF!!!
It has been on for [...]

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I wrote a few days ago that our Honda was definitely a “night” car.
I dropped the car off Friday night at the Honda mechanic so he could finally investigate the “Check Engine” light.
Before I bought the car, he thought that the car’s electrical problems might not be a bad computer but in the wiring of all of [...]

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I am sure that you are familiar with the expression that some people are morning people and others are night owls. It seems that our “new” 1998 Honda seems to be a “night” car.
I say that because when I drove it home from work, it worked perfectly. However, when I drove to work, the transmission [...]

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Buying a used car is really an act of faith.
It is so hard to get accurate information. And, how do you KNOW who to trust?
I made several calls over the weekend to the used car dealer that I am hoping to build a long term business relationship with. Since I had not received a return call, I decided to drive [...]

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