Another craptastic day….
So, yesterday was BUSY BUSY BUSY at work… that, in and of itself, isn’t generally anything out of the ordinary. It is frustrating to be so busy and see others at work who aren’t… but that’s life.
What made the day so crappy was lunch… Went out with a couple of co-workers and we were headed to Buffalo Wild Wings. Took my car, Jim in the front w/ me and Stephanie in the back seat. We got to the parking lot of the little mini-mall place where BW’s is and my car died. Just died. I heard a high pitched Vzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and then the engine just stalled. I cranked it and cranked it and it wouldn’t start. SO, we had a Chinese fire-drill (sorry if that’s politically incorrect… I don’t know what else to call it). Jim and I jumped out and ran to the back of the car, Steph climbed in behind the wheel and we pushed it 100 yards or so to a parking spot. Steph had never driven a stick-shift before, so she was trying to stop it by pressing the clutch. lol… but she finally figured it out. 🙂
Went in to the restaurant and had lunch although I was pretty much fuming the whole time… Stephanie called her mom who lives just down the street from where we were and she came and picked the two of them up and took them back to Glasstech. I got hold of AAA, waited for the tow truck and rode to the garage with him. Got a rental car from the garage and headed back to work. Ugh…
I have no idea what went wrong with the car. I’m guessing it’s something with the fuel system, and based on the sound I heard… I’m going to guess the fuel pump just fried or something. Who knows. For now I’ll drive the snazzy little Pontiac G6 and try not to worry about what it’s going to cost me to fix the VW. I love the car when it’s right, but man, it’s had a lot of problems. It’s an ’04… it shouldn’t have things just BREAKING on it. 61,000 miles on a diesel engine is barely broken in. 🙁
4 comments January 19 2007 6:45 am | Pepperguy | Grant
musta been built on a Friday afternoon – unlike the old VW Dasher of the 80’s – that thing ran like a champ. Hope it gets fixed quick and for not an arm and a leg. Hope your weekend is a good one too 🙂
Ohhh, that sucks! So, is what you save in gas what you have to pay in maintenance? 😉
Nothing ruins a good day like your car breaking down. Good luck! Don’t suppose it’s still under warranty?? Mayve one of those fancy schmancy extended warranties? Hoping for the best!
Have you had the timing belt changed yet? VW suggests it on the diesel engines here in Germany at 90,000 km (~56,000 mi)….BTW, if you do change the timing belt, make sure to change the water pump also, it’s only about 50 bones more at the time cause the labor is all included for the timing belt…