May I ask for some prayers and positive thoughts?

G

GeorgiaXplant

Well-known Member
Location
Georgia
Not a big deal to most folks, but besides the fact that my phone is NOT coming today (insert angry and hostile words here), my car is sick. Check Engine light keeps coming on. Oil gauge looks fine. We used to have real gauges on our dashboards. Now we get one idiot light for the oil temp so no clue what's wrong.

I have a two-year automotive certificate from a vocational school. Trust me...it doesn't make me a mechanic! If I'm not being punished for sins in a former life or in my current one (!), maybe it will be something really simple. I'd like to hang onto that notion, but it doesn't feel promising. Car seems to have been running a bit rough in the past few days.

Phone? It arrived at the warehouse at 7:30 this morning. UPS. Therefore, I won't be seeing it before Monday. UPS doesn't deliver on weekends. So AT&T wouldn't let me cancel on WEDNESDAY and reorder WHY? They said it was already "in process". Huh?

No car? I'm out of business! I'm also flat broke until the 19th when my SS check hits the bank.

No phone? I'm also silent until at least Monday. There are those who are probably very grateful for my (temporary) silence. LOL
 

I'm about at the end of my tether:( Can't take a whole lot more, maybe no more! It's hard not to just break down and cry.
 

Not necessarily positive thoughts, but letting you know you are not alone.

I ordered an AT&T phone device through UPS 8 days ago and still waiting on it. Tracking said it sat in one location for 1.5 days. Is it possible to go to a depot where the package is kept and pick it up?

I now just ignore my check engine light. Maybe I'll put tape over it. Prefer to wait until I notice something is wrong. I think check engine lights are a computer conspiracy.

And we both have Georgia in common.:)
 
Car is now with the mechanic (thank you, DD, for following me over there). He thinks the check engine light is probably reminding me that it's time for service and that the car running rough isn't related to that. It's been about 25,000 miles since it was tuned up.

Nancy, if you paid for shipping, ask for a credit to your account for that. They are good about refunding shipping. It used to be that packages could be picked up at one of the hubs, but no more unless they tried to deliver and left a notice saying that you can.

DD seems to think that the phone will still get here this evening. Um...if it was at the warehouse at 730 and the tracking website doesn't say out for delivery? Nope! Maybe I'll be proven wrong.

BTW, it was 26 here in the Marietta area this morning. At least we don't have to shovel!
 
I'm just curious and not trying to start a car bashing thread, but what kind of car do you own?
 
oldman, it's a 2004 Subaru Forester, 118K miles, has been carefully maintained.

Mechanic just called. Check engine light comes on when there's something not right...diagnostic codes showed cylinders 2 and 4 misfiring intermittently, but no indication of what the problem could be. When he drove it, it was fine. He's going to keep it overnight and check it in the morning when the engine is totally cold.

Let's keep our fingers crossed. Might be hard to sleep like that:)
 
Thanks. I really, really don't know how much more cr*p I can take. After DS being mugged last week, the phone and AT&T dropping the ball on getting one to me the next day, car...I know there are others with problems far worse than mine, but yanno? When the sh*t hits the fan, the problems of others are just really of no concern at the moment. This, too, shall pass, but right now? I'm whipped. Exhausted. Too tired to keep on keeping on. But I will, of course, because what else is there to do?
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Not a big deal to most folks, but besides the fact that my phone is NOT coming today (insert angry and hostile words here), my car is sick. .............. LOL
Click to expand...


Seems like bad stuff always happens in bunches doesn't it? Sorry to hear about the car especially! Car problems is a scary thing these days isn't it with the cost of repairs! Good luck Georgia.
 
Debby, the scariest part right now is that I need to drive down to DS's...30 miles on the interstate...and no phone. I'm old (not to mention broke!)...not feeling secure about driving 30 miles on the interstate with no way to call anybody for help.
 
Georgia, "When it rains, it pours" - that was a saying of my mom's. Not really much consolation when things are really on your last nerve, is it? Maybe make sure before you go to check in with someone and then check again when you arrive. That's what we used to do before cell phones. We've all gotten so comfy with having that phone right there. I think as I've gotten older, I've gotten more dependent on the communication (even if I lack the ability to understand everything it does).
Did your phone arrive? Hoping a miracle happened.
 
Sterlijng, nope. No phone.

I think one of the reasons so many older people don't venture out much is that they're concerned that they might have a problem of some sort and not be able to reach anybody. If something went haywire with my car while I was on the interstate with no phone? I'd be up the proverbial creek without the proverbial paddle!
 
I know what you mean. I get anxious now in town without my phone. My, how things have changed in the last few years. Do you have anybody close that you can check with? Maybe friends you keep track of that can keep track of you? What is the temp where you are, by the way?
 
Sterling, I live in a granny flat attached to DD's house. She always knows where I'm going, the phone number where I'm working, and approximately when I expect to be home. That part isn't a problem. The problem is the !#$%^&*! interstate...six lanes of faster-than-the-speed-of-sound traffic, mainly big trucks, and for the past three months, construction in the two right lanes. A pain. A nuisance. And deadly if you don't have your mind on your business!

Right now in the Atlanta metro, it's a balmy 38F. That's a nighttime temp for January, not November!

ETA: Viv, I did. I cried. Then I put myself back together...but only for a little while. Now I'm busy feeling sorry for myself. No need to feel sorry for me, though, because I feel plenty sorry enough! LOL

Wait! Viv! You're back?
 
Gotcha, I did not realize you were close to Atlanta. We went through Atlanta many years ago and I was terrified. I spent most of the time on the floorboard holding my head. (I was not driving.) There was tons of construction - the interstates were all being worked on. So I always avoided Atlanta. Until 6 years ago. I came through Atlanta from Tenn. by myself and was really nervous. To my surprise, the interstate was (mainly) done. (Does construction ever stop?) I came through later with a truck and a trailer by myself. I prayed my way through both times, but was pleasantly surprised. I was extremely nervous, though - really really uptight.
We have temps down around 50 this evening I think. Here in sunny Florida, we start whining at that point. I don't mind it a bit cooler, myself, it's sweater weather!
Stay strong !
 
Georgia, Subarus are wonderful litttle cars and usually very reliable. Some check engine lights come on every so many miles, just to tell you it is time for the checkup. My Mazda pickup did that, and the first time, it had just turned 100,000 miles, and I was driving in Tacoma, and the light came on. I was in a panic the whole way home, thinking the vehicle was ready to quit any minute.
When I took it in to have the computer read, he said it was just the 100,000 mile checkup that caused it. When it came back on again at 150,000, I ignored it, and at about 170,000 it went away. So when it did it again at 200,000; I didn't even worry about it. Had almost 300,000 miles on that little B-2200 when I gave it to my ex, and it still ran fine, but smoked when I started it in the morning.
Usually, the engine light is not a serious issue. Mine in the old Ford wagon is on all of the time, and when it is having a really hard time, then it flashes off and on, and the car chugs.Eventually, it gets over it and runs okay again. It has almost 200,000 on it, and looks like it has lived a hard life, pretty rusted out.
I do put that gas drier and fuel line cleaner in it, and that seems to help a lot in the colder weather, and that might be all that your Subaru needs, too.

Saying prayers for things to go well, and the car to be okay. <<<HUGS>>>
 
Good luck with your car Georgia, it doesn't sound too serious. Nothing wrong with a good cry if you're frustrated, it's a healthy outlet for your emotions. Didn't know your daughter was mugged, hope she's okay after that experience. Sending good thoughts your way.
 
positive thoughts coming your way...but....you yourself need to have a positive attitude or nothing will ever be positive for you...sorry but I've been there done that...raised 3 sons by myself for 17 years with no support or welfare...we had some pretty dark moments but positive thoughts and decisions got us through...I have lived my life in a positive frame of mind and I am now 69...I still have rough times but my sons are now my go to strength...by the way they are all positive people too because I raised them that way and they all have made it really well...every morning I say nothing will happen today that I can't handle and turn into a positive situation...it works....by the way just so I don't struggle and can have extra I went back to work for 3 days a week...gets me out smiling with people and a weekly paycheck....put on a big smile and move forward...good luck
 
Sterling...highway construction stop? Here? LOL! Right now it happens to be maintenance, but whatever and whenever it's a darned nuisance!

Happy, in this instance, I had noticed that she was running a little rough but it was intermittent and nothing I could really put my finger on. The check engine light came on whenever it was running rough...chugging, if you will...and it's because cylinders 2 and 4 were misfiring. The mechanic hasn't figured out why yet, but when cylinders misfire, there's always a reason for it. At least she isn't burning oil, and it's not the cold weather because it started happening when the weather was still quite mild.

And yes, if it's a Subaru, you can pretty much figure on driving it until the wheels fall off. Let's hope THAT doesn't happen! Ten years old and 118K miles? It's barely broken in:)

I'm praying for something that's simple and not expensive. I'm already seeing dollar signs, though, just from being put on the diagnostics computer. Sigh. I have $55 between me and starvation!

Kids, the check engine light can be serious or not-so-serious, but if your little oil can icon ever comes on...pull over and stop! Are you listening? STOP! The next thing that's likely to happen if you don't? Your engine will seize, and it's curtains. Like I said before, that certificate doesn't make me a mechanic by a long shot, but I did learn some things that have saved my bacon more than once.
 
Georgia,
What I don't know about cars could fill a barn. I had to get someone help me change the spark plug in my mower. Yuk! with mechanical work. I have been fortunate: a brother and a son who are mechanics. Great for advice and perspective. I can watch and maintain things, but that is about it...... It sounds like you at least have a bit of a handle on it. It sounds like you know some about engines, etc. I hate when things break - that really messes with my day. Who is DS who got mugged and are they ok? My son got mugged when he was young - it was pretty traumatic for both of us. So I am hoping that has gotten better you all.
Hope your evening is improving. Is your Subaru one of those all wheel drives that people need up north in the bad weather areas?
 

You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top