I don’t know if your car has ever broken down on you while trying to drive somewhere but mine has. Three times. It’s not a fun experience especially if it’s 5 o’clock on a Sunday morning and you are trying to get to an overtime shift at work that you picked up.
For some reason I had it in my mind that Nissans are really great cars because they just keep going and going because The Bluebird did get me pretty far and even after it started doing that funky acceleration thing it still got me from Brisbane up to Cape Tribulation and back. I guess when I decided I wanted a Nissan in Melbourne it just slipped my mind the 6 or 7 hundred dollars I had to spend in repairs or the weekend I was stuck in Maryborough and sitting on the side of the road waiting for RACQ when all I wanted to do was go surfing.
At least in Queensland I had RACQ on the car. I was just outside of Sunbury when my car just stalled out and wouldn’t start again. I pulled off the road and just sat there not sure what to do. At least I had reception so I called work and gave them the bad news. I was devastated thinking about all the things I could have done with the money 8 hours work on a Sunday would get me. Instead I’d probably be spending at least that or more to repair my car.
I sat there in the dark for a good 15-20 minutes thinking what I should do. Trying RACV who will cost me an arm and a leg and trying repeatedly to get that damn motor to turn over to no avail.
Now instead of being happily pushing wheelchairs at work I am sitting at home despairing over not pushing wheelchairs at work. At not being there. I hate the feeling of being completely reliant on a piece of machinery that I have no idea how to operate and diagnose.
Note to self: must learn basic automotive mechanics.
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