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[growler_south]

The mechanic thought I had automotive munchausen's by proxy. He drove the car around this morning and it behaved impeccably. We swapped seats and cough! sputter! lurch! the Golf had its usual misfire, complete with manically flashing check engine light for emphasis. "Shizer", he said. "It's misfiring on a different cylinder this time".

See, it really IS just me. And Paul. Clearly the Golf senses our lack of teutonicness and is punishing us. Stupid car. Too many computers anyway.

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[marmtx.livejournal.com]

Mmmm.... Was the mechanich heavier than you? Something bends (or doesn't bend enough) that causes bad contact somewhere?

I remember that wonderful story of car refusing to start when driver was getting one kind of ice cream versus the other :) That mechanic also didn't believe, but it was true. Just one type of ice cream was right next to the door so buying would take 2 minutes, and another deep inside the store, so it'd take 5 minutes. Engine would cool and start ok, while with 2 minute in "off" position it'd refuse to start.

I'm a car clutz :(

[sinnabor.livejournal.com]

Stupid car. Too many computers anyway.

I just read a neat article: cars with ABS are more likely to be involved in rollovers and fatal crashes.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=2006

Funny, now that I no longer have the ABS/ASC/DSC Mini, and I'm back to the good old non-whizbang RAV4.