Scheduled my wife's Soul for an alignment tomorrow. That means she will drive the Bullmobile to work and I'll take the Soul.
Speakers
I thought I blew my passenger front speaker a couple weeks a go. Turns out there was a Hotwheels in the door pocket that rattled much like a blown speaker.
Cleaning out my car
Did some spring cleaning in the Bullmobile. I wiped down the dash and console, packed up the littlest golem's toys into his backpack and secured my toolbox in the trunk so it wouldn't flop around and jack up the liner any longer. I moved my ice scraper to the trunk, but not completely out of my car, it is not that…
A new record!
On the ride in today I saw 15 Taurus sedans, 2 Taurus Wagons, 6 Sable sedans and 2 sable wagons.
Hiding wires and smooth doughnuts
Did a little tinkering on the Bullmobile over lunch. I had installed and aftermarket radio that required me to run a loom from the trunk into the back of the head unit. There was a bit of trim that I didn't take off and just let the wires hang out of. Like so.
Great News!
I got a new wheel for the Bullmobile to replace the one I ran into a curb for $20 less than I thought and they took my wheel and tire away!
Midas is trying to rip me off
They quoted me $600 and they wanted to replace strut and control arm. Guy said something about there being play in the strut. I had jacked the car up and not observed any damage or play. I am not a mechanic so I wanted another opinion. Took it to the mom and pop shop across the street. Guy says it needs front tires ( I …
Squirmy
Ever since I put the Bullmobile into the curb it's been very squirmy. I wish I didn't have to drive it, but I don't have an option. The good news is that replacing a strut and control arm are will within my mechanical ability to replace. The bad news is that I'm broke until Friday. Looks like I'll be buying parts on my …
Success and failure
This weekend I finished installing my aftermarket stereo so that I have ipod connectivity.
