Maintaining a Car on My Own
I’ve never been great at maintaining my cars. I don’t live near my dad, I’m not longer married, and my brother-in-law is too busy – so I end up doing my best to try and do it on my own. I have no problem with keeping my cars clean and tidy. I keep them washed and polished and covered with car wax. I clean the leather inside and the carpets. I could keep a website like Lane’s Professional Car Products in business indefinitely.
I was driving two weeks ago with my daughter, one of my fiends and three of my friend’s children in my van out to pick Strawberries. She commented on how well I kept my car and that she wished she had the motivation to keep her car running so well. I looked at her from the corner of my eyes. “Listen to this,” I said. I allowed the car to decelerate to about 25 and everything LURCHED.
“Something is wrong with my transmission,” I said. “My car LOOKS good, but I can’t seem to remember to get the thing into the shop to have that looked at before the whole thing falls apart. Do you STLL wish you took car of your cars the way I take car of mine?”
I grinned at her.
I really do need to remember to call the mechanic in the morning.
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