04-04-2006, 08:19 PM
So I'm driving to work right. Remember that thread on my truck making funny noises? Well it was still making them... I checked the coolant last night and all was well, had plenty left. On the drive to work, I look at the temp gauge and it's completely pegged. Shit I though, pull over and let it cool down. So I do this about 5 or 6 times, with more and more smoke being expelled every time.
I just wanted to make it to my jobsite so I could park it and let it die in peace. It gave up the ghost as I pulled into my community and I somehow managed to coax it next to our construction trailer where it proceeded to explode into a huge ball of white smoke. Radiator went pop. I thought it actually caught on fire, but it didn't.
No big deal. I mean yeah it sucks that I have to buy a new truck with a 5 figure motor rebuild bill over my head, but I'll deal I think to myself. It was almost worth it to watch the redneck day laborers we hire from West Virginia to jump around hooting and hollering when they saw the smoke, running to get fire extinguisher, etc. haha
So I get to my office for our weekly production meeting, and I proceed to get told by our service manager (who in no way has any authority over me) that he threw me under the bus at a divisional boss meeting over some retarded bullshit that happened the other day. That completely was not my fault. I wanted to punch the fat fuck right in his goatee.
And now it looks like I may not be able to make it down for alumni weekend, nor the car show =( I'll probably be searching for a new cheap ass truck.
Anyone know of any for sale? For like 1500 or less? hah. I might try to find a more expensive one if I feel like it's worth it, but I'd really rather not. I'll be renting a shitty neon or cobalt for a week just so I can get to and from work, so I guess I have that much time to find one.
I just wanted to make it to my jobsite so I could park it and let it die in peace. It gave up the ghost as I pulled into my community and I somehow managed to coax it next to our construction trailer where it proceeded to explode into a huge ball of white smoke. Radiator went pop. I thought it actually caught on fire, but it didn't.
No big deal. I mean yeah it sucks that I have to buy a new truck with a 5 figure motor rebuild bill over my head, but I'll deal I think to myself. It was almost worth it to watch the redneck day laborers we hire from West Virginia to jump around hooting and hollering when they saw the smoke, running to get fire extinguisher, etc. haha
So I get to my office for our weekly production meeting, and I proceed to get told by our service manager (who in no way has any authority over me) that he threw me under the bus at a divisional boss meeting over some retarded bullshit that happened the other day. That completely was not my fault. I wanted to punch the fat fuck right in his goatee.
And now it looks like I may not be able to make it down for alumni weekend, nor the car show =( I'll probably be searching for a new cheap ass truck.
Anyone know of any for sale? For like 1500 or less? hah. I might try to find a more expensive one if I feel like it's worth it, but I'd really rather not. I'll be renting a shitty neon or cobalt for a week just so I can get to and from work, so I guess I have that much time to find one.
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2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks