How to get where you're going w/out turning left
My left turn signal doesn't work. About a year ago it was intermittent. It would only work sometimes, mostly when I re-adjusted the steering column. Then I had my water pump replaced and viola' my turn signal worked again. It worked for an entire 15 months straight. Now, it doesn't work again. So I have this problem where I can't turn left because someone is always right on my bumper and I'm afraid they won't see my brake lights flashing frantically warning them. I'm afraid they won't hear me hang my head out the window and scream "LEFT." I'm afraid they won't see my arm fly out the window and make the shape of an "el" with my thumb and forefinger. So I do everything in my power not to turn left. It's very difficult going left when you can only go right. (The right turn signal works just fine.)
I needed to turn left the other night, off of a very busy road. I couldn't. I missed my turn and instead turned right down the next road. Then I had to turn around in someones drive. So then to get back where I wanted to go, I had to turn left again. No can do...so I went straight down a back road which wound around to where I needed to go. Perfect. Except for the fact that a 2 minute trip took me 10 minutes due to the "How to get where you're going without turning left 101" crash course. Oh...crash probably isn't a good choice in words there.
My last car, the one that should have been totalled when that jerk hit me and ran...that cars turn signal didn't work either (that's not what caused the accident however.) When I called Pontiac to inquire about a recall, they said that the recall hadn't been issued yet, it wasn't due out for another couple of months. I could take it and have it fixed at my expense and then when they issued the recall I may or may not be reimbursed for it. To which my comment was "maybe I'll wait on the recall issue. Hopefully I won't be in a bad accident and die because of a faulty turn signal between now and then" and hung up. That was right before the hit and run which bent my frame. When they decided that it wasn't to be "totalled" I got it fixed and traded it in on the Jeep. And later found out the Jeeps turn signal didn't work.
On the Jeep so far, I've replaced the water pump. Replaced the front end tie rods (that were hanging on by sheer luck and the grace of gawd.) Bought a new set of tires (and have had one already replaced due to the 3 inch spike they found in it.) Now my transmission is sticking in 2nd...takes me forever to get up to speed, while I say a quick prayer that my transmission won't drop out right then and there. (I had a transmission flush which didn't help the problem at all.) And now...I can't turn left. It's really causing some serious anxiety. Why don't I take it and have it fixed you ask? Because that takes money that I don't have (probably the money I spent on my casino trip. Ug. Guilt.) And I will also not have a car for a number of days while its being fixed. I don't have an extra car and I live 45 minutes from where I work. No buses. No taxi's. Not riding my bike in the snow.
I'd really like to just go trade it in on something small and cheap like a Kia or something. But I can't do any type of loan rearranging while the divorce is pending.
So my options are to either find and date a mechanic or trade my Jeep in on a horse. I'm voting on the horse. It probably smells better and smiles when I give it apples. D'oh.
I cursed last night when this punk flew through a red light. "Damnit, why couldn't I have been sitting in the middle of the road right then. Geesh. I have the worst timing."
I'm thinking of taking a trip down to "the hood." I always leave my keys in my car...hint hint. Note to self: Get CD's out of vehicle.
And that state trooper was making fun of the sage I had in my windshield and smiled kindly when I said something about "bad energy." Shows what he knows. That sage kept me from getting a ticket that day. So La de da.
Honestly, right now I just don't have the energy to deal with this. I'm tired. I really just want something to be easy peasy. I'm exhausted from making desicions.
Yah, a horse is probably my best bet. Then everyone can say "Hey look, there goes that crazy Carol Chen riding her horse to work" as I stop at the latte kiosk at the car wash just off the highway.
I needed to turn left the other night, off of a very busy road. I couldn't. I missed my turn and instead turned right down the next road. Then I had to turn around in someones drive. So then to get back where I wanted to go, I had to turn left again. No can do...so I went straight down a back road which wound around to where I needed to go. Perfect. Except for the fact that a 2 minute trip took me 10 minutes due to the "How to get where you're going without turning left 101" crash course. Oh...crash probably isn't a good choice in words there.
My last car, the one that should have been totalled when that jerk hit me and ran...that cars turn signal didn't work either (that's not what caused the accident however.) When I called Pontiac to inquire about a recall, they said that the recall hadn't been issued yet, it wasn't due out for another couple of months. I could take it and have it fixed at my expense and then when they issued the recall I may or may not be reimbursed for it. To which my comment was "maybe I'll wait on the recall issue. Hopefully I won't be in a bad accident and die because of a faulty turn signal between now and then" and hung up. That was right before the hit and run which bent my frame. When they decided that it wasn't to be "totalled" I got it fixed and traded it in on the Jeep. And later found out the Jeeps turn signal didn't work.
On the Jeep so far, I've replaced the water pump. Replaced the front end tie rods (that were hanging on by sheer luck and the grace of gawd.) Bought a new set of tires (and have had one already replaced due to the 3 inch spike they found in it.) Now my transmission is sticking in 2nd...takes me forever to get up to speed, while I say a quick prayer that my transmission won't drop out right then and there. (I had a transmission flush which didn't help the problem at all.) And now...I can't turn left. It's really causing some serious anxiety. Why don't I take it and have it fixed you ask? Because that takes money that I don't have (probably the money I spent on my casino trip. Ug. Guilt.) And I will also not have a car for a number of days while its being fixed. I don't have an extra car and I live 45 minutes from where I work. No buses. No taxi's. Not riding my bike in the snow.
I'd really like to just go trade it in on something small and cheap like a Kia or something. But I can't do any type of loan rearranging while the divorce is pending.
So my options are to either find and date a mechanic or trade my Jeep in on a horse. I'm voting on the horse. It probably smells better and smiles when I give it apples. D'oh.
I cursed last night when this punk flew through a red light. "Damnit, why couldn't I have been sitting in the middle of the road right then. Geesh. I have the worst timing."
I'm thinking of taking a trip down to "the hood." I always leave my keys in my car...hint hint. Note to self: Get CD's out of vehicle.
And that state trooper was making fun of the sage I had in my windshield and smiled kindly when I said something about "bad energy." Shows what he knows. That sage kept me from getting a ticket that day. So La de da.
Honestly, right now I just don't have the energy to deal with this. I'm tired. I really just want something to be easy peasy. I'm exhausted from making desicions.
Yah, a horse is probably my best bet. Then everyone can say "Hey look, there goes that crazy Carol Chen riding her horse to work" as I stop at the latte kiosk at the car wash just off the highway.
posted by tiny dancer | 10:14 AM
2 Comments:
is it an automatic or stick? if its a manual i can fix that transmission problem for ya in about 30 minutes. if its an auto. take me about 45. (well not accounting for the drive it would take me to get to ya.)
Hey, maybe Steph could pick me up on the way to your Birthday Party?
Awwww he's so sweet! Mechanics are hard to come by, you gotta scoop 'em up while they're available!
So I'm thinking the right way to signal left is to stick your hand out the window straight out. Isn't that it? And then right is when you bend your arm up so it forms a 90 degree angle? Or does that only work when you're on a bike? I hope its easy to fix. You could always move to NM - I think turn signals are optional here, or merely a suggestion.
The Pontiac...was it a Grand Am? I still haven't had my recall work done. Its more annoying than it not working though, it clicks like its on crack, all the damn time.
Good luck on that goin' in circles thing.
hugs!
=) kris
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