Okay, so my car is fifteen years old, and is approaching 150,000 miles.
It's given great service since day one, so I really have nothing to complain about. That Farfergnugen company makes a good product.
But the writing is on the wall. It didn't want to start this morning: cranked happily on a year-old battery, but no firing.
When I turned the key off, there would be a little firing, just enough to shake the engine a bit, so I began just releasing the key from the Start position to let it snap back to the On position, hoping it would catch.
After the fourth try, running the starter fifteen seconds or so without a hint of firing, I let the key snap back to the On position, and she fired up.
Odd, that.
I stopped at the store on the way to work, and when I got back in the car, she started immediately: I couldn't even hear the starter because the engine fired up so quickly.
Funny thing, but maybe she's getting to the place where I shouldn't be letting it sit the weekend without starting the engine. Usually she gets only an occasional Saturday off, but yesterday I slept in and didn't make it to church. That two days was just too long, I guess.
Yup, she's getting old, and I have to adjust. I think I'll drop by AAA, and see how much it is to join, to get the towing. It'd be nice to just pull the card and my cell phone out of my pocket if the car decides to take a nap in the street. I can't imagine how much it would cost to hire a tow truck to drag
I'm seeing the signs, and now I'm worried. I'll still drive my little wreck, but in the meantime, I'm going to be considering what I want my next car to be.
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