December 2, 2009 11:55 PM

Auto repair shock!

My wife's car has had some intermittent heater problems. Of course, the simple fixes of thermostat, coolant, hose cleanout, etc. do not work and all flapper operations work fine. It turns out that the automatic programmer is the culprit. It's a part that cannot be bought used because it needs to be programmed by Volvo and it can only be programmed once. Total cost $1100! Ouch!!

If you didn't need the defroster, you could kind of make do with the seat warmers for the winter. But, eventually, I am sure, that we would have to pay the piper anyway. Why is it that no auto repairs today are cheap?

Anyway, that kind of threw a damper on the day. But, we have to wait until Monday for the part to be delivered before any actual work can proceed. I suppose that by that point in time the intense pain will have evolved to a dull ache and we'll be numb to the economics of the whole situation.

And, to think, I'm supposed to proceed on the road to recovery without suffering from any stress or strain. I think that that is an impossibility in this day and age.

Welcome back to reality...

Bob