Cars - Can't Live Without Them - Pass the Beer Nuts.

That little coolant low light has been flickering in the dash of my Saturn. The car has been running well (as if I'd notice if it weren't). About a week ago, I put in more coolant - you should have seen me working at the hood to get it open. I had to read the owner's manual to finally find the lever that releases the hood. I am quite the mechanic.

Anyway, the light went away for a couple of days and then came back with a vengeance. I mentioned to Timothy that maybe the oil should be changed and the fluids investigated.... Timothy thought that maybe the car should go to the dealer to be examined.

So this morning I drove the big minivan to work and Timothy took my Saturn (which I call Orvik) to the dealer. Tim called within the hour of arriving telling me that some head was cracked and that it will cost $2.5k - $3k to fix. That's when my head cracked. Have I mentioned that I hate cars and see them only as necessary evil money pits??

From my google searches, I found that Saturn has a known problem of cracking heads - but supposedly not since the 96 models (Orvik is a '99). I don't need anything fancy to drive me from home to work each day - a big 7 miles each way. But the vehicle does need to work and this cracked head problem will lead to complete engine failure in about 1 month. Nice, huh?

Tim looked through our paper work and found that we had purchased an extended warranty when we bought Orvik back in 2001. And it's still Good! So it sounds like we'll have the car fixed with only paying the $100 deductible. Amazing!

So it sounds like we'll have Orvik for a while yet. I'm extremely pleased as Orvik is all paid for!