My optimism into this foray has been somewhat lacking of late, due to A) the discovery of round 3 of car maintenance and B) tax filing. In Round 1, it was divulged that there is a crack in the exhaust manifold, which basically removes fumes from the engine via the catalytic converter. According to Honda, they must replace the entire system, which will cost upwards of another grand. I almost choked when they told me this. However, according to an auto-proficient coworker, he can replace only the manifold for about $300 in parts and a case of beer. That is definitely worth a trip up I-83 into PA for him to do the work. All I can say at the moment, is that he'd better be able to do it, because I am one more piece of bad news away from just forgetting the car and doing metro with the 6 mile-a-day walk.
Silly me thought that I may get some return on my taxes to help out with all of this, but as is my current fate, I owe the State of Maryland some $175. Seriously?!?
Lessons/positive spin? Getting to know my coworker better (honestly kinda thought him a bit of a redneck- but then again, I am a closet redneck at heart!) and, uh....learning to file my taxes?
Hopefully will have more coming positives!
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