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Yes, folks ..the guinea pig test platform was missing this morning from in front of the house. I found out when my wife asked me where it was at around 10am. I didn't "panic" (didn't panic either way) because I thought that, perhaps, my older daughter may have used it since her Taurus battery was dead yesterday at the local college (she left her lights on) ..and it may have killed the battery.
..but then she arrived home in her Taurus ...
I can't find my keys. There was the distinct possibility that they got left in the van. My wife and daughters life guard at an apartment complex and yesterday I relieved my wife @ 5pm (a lifeguard is not required - just a sensible standard thing) and she took the minivan home. Given the "no pockets" bathing suit situation and the multiple items that she was carrying into the house, I can see the keys not making the trip or being dropped.
I still have full coverage on this vehicle (it's not much) so, I'll get whatever the total value is on it after 30 days ..but I'm sure it won't cover my long block (about 10k on it) nor the many hundreds of $$ in my acquired heat exchangers and whatnot "rigging" that I have under the hood. This is a beater and the most trouble that we've ever had is someone rifling through cars looking for spare change or drugs ..or guns ..or whatever ..but little vandalism or car theft. The biggest theft in our community is bicycle theft ..where low lifes caught on the other side of town use them for alternative transportation to get back to the other side of the tracks. There are also organized bike theft rings that reconfigure them and sell them at flea markets and whatnot.
I hope that this wasn't a theft for parts. As you'll note in the "top ten" cars stolen ..the 94 Caravan appears to be on just about every list. I assume that this is a body part thing ..since I reason that all existing resources are in the field. I imagine that a 92 is in a like status
Alas ..poor guinea pig..I knew it well.
Oddly, one of my first thoughts was "what will I use as a test platform?"
My daughter's 3.0 Vulcan appears to be the next reasonable test subject. She actually suggested this without me saying anything in our anxiety relieving comical discussion before I went down to the police station.
Maybe they'll give Bruceblend® Gary's superduty 0w-10 a good healthy run in the process.
..but then she arrived home in her Taurus ...
I can't find my keys. There was the distinct possibility that they got left in the van. My wife and daughters life guard at an apartment complex and yesterday I relieved my wife @ 5pm (a lifeguard is not required - just a sensible standard thing) and she took the minivan home. Given the "no pockets" bathing suit situation and the multiple items that she was carrying into the house, I can see the keys not making the trip or being dropped.
I still have full coverage on this vehicle (it's not much) so, I'll get whatever the total value is on it after 30 days ..but I'm sure it won't cover my long block (about 10k on it) nor the many hundreds of $$ in my acquired heat exchangers and whatnot "rigging" that I have under the hood. This is a beater and the most trouble that we've ever had is someone rifling through cars looking for spare change or drugs ..or guns ..or whatever ..but little vandalism or car theft. The biggest theft in our community is bicycle theft ..where low lifes caught on the other side of town use them for alternative transportation to get back to the other side of the tracks. There are also organized bike theft rings that reconfigure them and sell them at flea markets and whatnot.
I hope that this wasn't a theft for parts. As you'll note in the "top ten" cars stolen ..the 94 Caravan appears to be on just about every list. I assume that this is a body part thing ..since I reason that all existing resources are in the field. I imagine that a 92 is in a like status
Alas ..poor guinea pig..I knew it well.
Oddly, one of my first thoughts was "what will I use as a test platform?"
Maybe they'll give Bruceblend® Gary's superduty 0w-10 a good healthy run in the process.