Big bucks, hackers

Before taking the party van up north I wanted to get some issues taken care of,  namely the brakes and the AC.  The brakes shook the van violently when they were stepped on hard and pulled strongly to the right.  The AC which was converted over to R-134 coolant last month still was not cooling well.  Well yesterday I got the call back from the garage with the diagnosis.  The brakes all the way around were a mess and two components of the AC were leaking and needed to be replaced.  Plus he said the reason the pull to the right was so hard was there is an inch of play in the steering box and it should be replaced as well.  The estimate for all this work, $1500…..  My sticker shock was impossible to mask but the guy went through the break down and he was using aftermarket parts as opposed to motorcraft stuff which would have jacked the price much higher.  I bit hard and told him to do it.  We are locked in with taking it to PA and it needs to be safe to get us there.  The joy of used vehicle ownership. Great timing too, the 17k pool cage bill will be hitting soon.

I have been steadily been moving stuff across to the new provider.  I originally had ideas of trying to move the message boards across intact.  However when I went to go look at the old boards I saw they all had been hijacked and the home pages were replaced with a message from the offending group. So I just said f it and I am starting fresh with the message boards on the new site. It’s just easier.  There are so many things to move across…