So this just happened. I was rolling home a.ka. the C & C Crash Pad after tutoring the child assigned to me for the Costco Volunteer Reading Program. After detailing the Sapphire Sled inside and outside, and placing a new Seahawks emblem on it yesterday, I was feelin' good, like the Michael Buble version.
With the windows down and the sunroof open, and the music blasting out from Mark VI, I noticed a smoke plume from under the hood. My heart sank. I was no longer carkaraoke [see what I did there?] the Pentatonix song "Sing", but focused on the hood. I continued my way home. I kept the engine running as I lifted the hood. The pungent smell of cooked anti-freeze was present but I couldn't locate the source. Finally able to realize that while I'm no mechanic like Doctor Auto but I know enough that there's a leak in the radiator where all this anti-freeze should be.
I logged into the Costco Travel website to locate a nearby rental car. They called me almost immediately after reserving it to advise that all they had was mini-vans but only charge me the full-size car rate. I readily accepted because I honestly have no other viable option.
I'm on the cusp of dropping off the Sapphire Sled for the evening, only to rock the mini-van action later for work tomorrow.
Hopefully, by the end of the day tomorrow I'll have the Sapphire Sled back in stall #24 at the C & C Crash Pad. But you never know until the hood is up, and after 12 years of service, one of these visits will be the last...
With the windows down and the sunroof open, and the music blasting out from Mark VI, I noticed a smoke plume from under the hood. My heart sank. I was no longer carkaraoke [see what I did there?] the Pentatonix song "Sing", but focused on the hood. I continued my way home. I kept the engine running as I lifted the hood. The pungent smell of cooked anti-freeze was present but I couldn't locate the source. Finally able to realize that while I'm no mechanic like Doctor Auto but I know enough that there's a leak in the radiator where all this anti-freeze should be.
I logged into the Costco Travel website to locate a nearby rental car. They called me almost immediately after reserving it to advise that all they had was mini-vans but only charge me the full-size car rate. I readily accepted because I honestly have no other viable option.
I'm on the cusp of dropping off the Sapphire Sled for the evening, only to rock the mini-van action later for work tomorrow.
Hopefully, by the end of the day tomorrow I'll have the Sapphire Sled back in stall #24 at the C & C Crash Pad. But you never know until the hood is up, and after 12 years of service, one of these visits will be the last...
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