Car Crap

11/22/2005

Took my car to get its oil changed yesterday after work- couldn’t take it to Firestone cuz at 5:30pm they were done for the night (they close @ 7pm) unless I wanted to leave it overnight and they’ll take care of it first thing in the morning…bastards…

Eventually took it to Wal-Mart…where at least they were able to do a 15-point inspection as well…one thing about the mechanics here in Texas is that when they say your car is done in an hour, it’s done in an hour…in So Cal when they say an hour, they usually mean two, possibly three…nevertheless, I still really miss my mechanic in Northridge- just down the street from where I live and a Honda/Acura specialist to boot…I’ve only found one Japanese car specialist here- and it’s too far go on a regular basis…oh, well…plus my car is creaking weirdly…damn…hope it’s just the cold…

Going home after last night, saw a pregnant woman pan handling…the fact that she was pregnant was not odd, the odd thing was her youth- a lot of the folks you see panhandling by the intersections and freeway entrances here are pretty young- I’d say close to my age or so…never saw that in So Cal (unless you count those losers at the Promenade in Santa Monica)…you still do see older people as well (along with the Vets)…I don’t know- just interesting to see people my age begging for spare change (I’ve started to noticed this prior to all the Katrina refugees coming here, by the way…)