Bean

So I woke up this morning in a really good mood (well, good for me anyways) for a couple of reasons.

1. It's Friday, end of the week

2. Casual day, so jeans and a ball cap, no office clothes

3. Going to see a band play tomorrow night and pretty excited about it, big party and beer tent at the local fall festival.

4. My direct supervisor is on vacation for two weeks starting today and things at work are actually really fun when she's not there.

So, believe it or not, I was actually somewhat looking forward to my day. So I pack my lunch, throw some water in my face, grab some change for a coffee on the way, throw my copy of "Wolves of the Calla" into my work bag and walk out the front door. I get into the car, set my smokes in the console, puyt my bag in the back and roll down the window. And yet another great part to the day, it's actually warm and nice out, where it's been relativley cold for a week. So, I put the keys in the ignition and "click click click click" . FUUUUUUUCK!! Car won't start. So I play with it for a few minutes and then finally resign myself to the fact that I'm not leaving the driveway today. FUCK! I had some hours banked at work that I was saving for a day that I didn't WANT to go to work, but now I have to use em today.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!

*End rant*

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Brikar

That sucks.

My car battery exploded a week back. The top came off and the side was cracked open and the acid leaked out all over the ground.

It was pretty badass. But also, it sucked.

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Bean

Well I had nothing as exciting as an exploding battery. I got the thing boosted, then took it to the garage to get looked at. The guy had it for the whole day, and the best he could come up with was that something had been left on overnight (not the case) because the battery and alternator were both fine. Of course, on my way home I stopped at the post office, and when I came out, it wouldn't start again. So I opened the hood, and found it was the ground wire from the battery to the frame of the car that wasn't completley attached to the battery.

So I spend 70 bucks at the garage, and missed a days work for a 20 second fix.

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Brikar

That would piss me right the hell off.

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Bean

Hence the title of the thread.

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Brikar

....


ohhhhh...

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Bean

*ruffles Brikars hair*

Good boy..

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Cymro

That happened to me, though luckily I wasn't stupid enough to take it to a garage before exhausting my own knowledge about cars. :P

I actually thought my car was having some kind of electrical meltdown cause the battery was going flat all the time and some of the interior equipment(stereo, clock, courtesy lights etc...) had gone bananas. Turns out It was a loose earth wire and a blown fuse under the dashboard.

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Bean

Well it's kinda happened before. I was driving and the car just died. I looked under the hood and the ground wire had burned right off. So when it happened this time and the wire appeared to be intact, I was stumped. What I didn't realize was that the wire wasn't making full contact cause the leads were dirty. THAT'S why I called the garage. Hey, I'm not a car guy lol.

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Brikar

Yeah, I don't really know much about cars at all. I couldn't even jumpstart one if I needed to... I really should learn at least that.

Although, I can change a tire.

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