Monday, June 22, 2015

Disney 2015: Van Repair

Over the weekend, we took the van to the shop for maintenance before leaving for Florida. We have them check everything.., except the windshield wipers. We have learned the hard way to get new wipers before every trip, but not with the mechanic. My wife goes to Napa and plays the dumb woman role to get the Napa salesman to install the new wipers on the van for her.

The mechanic looked at the van and found a long list of problems totaling $1500. I talked him down to just the essentials - $650. Breaks, a transmission hose, a recall, oil change, rotate tires, software update, etc. While doing his work he broke a valve stem pressure sensor, so, the final bill was $750. Cars are expensive!!

Two days after the repair we now have a high pitched squeal coming from the engine when we press the gas. We didn't have that before! We leave for Florida in four days! This evening we dropped the van back off at the mechanic. I hope he can fix it quick!

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