April 11, 2006

More ways to spend money

Last Thursday, Meredith’s car started flashing ‘STOP! Brake Failure!’ at her. The dealer suggested that it might be low on brake fluid. I tried to pour more in, only to discover that I had misread its fullness and it was now over-full. Which also meant that the brake failure meant something less easily solved.

Friday morning, she had it towed to the VW dealer in Bellevue. They finally got around to it today, and discovered the good news that her brakes are fine. The bad news: the instrument panel is whacked and needs to be replaced. They’re ordering the part (the entire panel?), and it might be fixed by the end of this week, or maybe early next week depending on when it comes in. All of this is projected to cost a little over $800.

Yay. Because, you know, we weren’t spending enough on the new house, or on getting the old house ready to sell. 

Posted by Mike at April 11, 2006 10:42 PM