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realexplodingcatYesterday, when I started my car the engine rumbled with a deep growl and spoke to me. "GET OUT!" it seemed to say, before taunting me by locking me inside. Our car is officially haunted. We even have a certificate of authenticity to prove it, but don't ask me to show it to you because it's in the glove box. The glove box is hungry and quite willing to bite the hand that feeds it.
Yesterday, I pressed the button to lower the automatic windows so I could pay my exit fare at the university parking garage. The window went down, but the auto-locks started fluttering. Clicking and clanking urgently, trying to lock despite the doors already being locked. Later on, the courtesy lights did not turn on when my wife opened the door. However, when we started the vehicle, all the inside lights came on inside the car and would not turn off. The car became particularly feisty when![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
seeliespright and dcunitedfreak tried to hop inside at the Mall crosswalk. The locks fluttered and refused to cooperate when we tried to open the doors for them. Finally, after getting them inside the auto-locks are gnashing like a demon's teeth. Sometimes only the driver's side door or one door in the rear. Sometimes, they all fire up, ratcheting and clacking like a mangled sewing machine.
We got used to driving around with all the lights on inside, but I'm not interested in running down the battery when the car is stopped. We pulled some fuses, attempting to exorcise the vehicle. We managed to shut off the persistent courtesy lights, but the locks still remind us that all is not well. Now, after having grown accustomed to driving around with all the courtesy lights ablaze, the normal darkness inside the car is quite unnerving. But as long as the exhaust pipe doesn't spew green soup and the engine not twirl around under the hood, I think we'll be all right.
Yesterday, I pressed the button to lower the automatic windows so I could pay my exit fare at the university parking garage. The window went down, but the auto-locks started fluttering. Clicking and clanking urgently, trying to lock despite the doors already being locked. Later on, the courtesy lights did not turn on when my wife opened the door. However, when we started the vehicle, all the inside lights came on inside the car and would not turn off. The car became particularly feisty when
seeliespright and dcunitedfreak tried to hop inside at the Mall crosswalk. The locks fluttered and refused to cooperate when we tried to open the doors for them. Finally, after getting them inside the auto-locks are gnashing like a demon's teeth. Sometimes only the driver's side door or one door in the rear. Sometimes, they all fire up, ratcheting and clacking like a mangled sewing machine. We got used to driving around with all the lights on inside, but I'm not interested in running down the battery when the car is stopped. We pulled some fuses, attempting to exorcise the vehicle. We managed to shut off the persistent courtesy lights, but the locks still remind us that all is not well. Now, after having grown accustomed to driving around with all the courtesy lights ablaze, the normal darkness inside the car is quite unnerving. But as long as the exhaust pipe doesn't spew green soup and the engine not twirl around under the hood, I think we'll be all right.
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Date: 2004-10-24 01:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-24 03:48 pm (UTC)Yes, crazy electronics. Now that we pulled some fuses, it seems better. I suppose we should get it fixed eventually. But I'm not sure where to take the car. I've heard that it would be cheaper to take it somewhere the specializes in electronics rather than our normal garage. But I don't know anyplace that does that.
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