Monday, August 17, 2009

Cars

I went to transfer the title of our new (old) car on Friday....First stop was the emissions office...Did it pass? No, it didn't. I take for granted that when someone sells an older car, there is a repair bill looming and now I know what that was....I went to the first garage I came to with emissions service. The fellow did a "smoke test" and said he identified the problem, which will cost a cool $600 to fix. No thanks....I came home and phoned a Toyota dealership in Dalton. Their price was $100 less than the one first quoted! Then, I phoned a local fellow who has been very highly recommended. He thinks the problem is - that I have not been turning the gas cap tightly enough....He wants me to remedy that, then drive for awhile and see what happens. He will then reread the code and see if all is well....I will keep you posted.