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January 17, 2005

Is it fixed?

Oh man, I hope so, $536.81 later...

I got up bright and early this morning and called the garage. The guy sounded friendly and was willing to take a look at it today, so I drove it over, apprehensive the whole time about my touchy brakes. It wasn't a tough place to find, and I left it, talked to the guy about the situation, and he said he'd spend some time on it. I managed to get back by taking a bus to Coolidge Corner, where the Trader Joe's is. I bought a few groceries that I've been needing for a little while, and headed home... relaxed that finally someone was going to look at it and it was going to get taken care of.

After a while of sitting around at home, I got a call from the guy saying that he found the problem... and it needed a new master cylinder and a new brake pressure regulator. I had no idea that brakes even had a pressure regulator :) but despite the $500 cost, I decided to have it done. After all, without brakes, this car's pretty worthless to me. I also mentioned to him my little alternator problem, and he said that he'd take the alternator out for me, and put in the new one if I could get this one returned! He was definitely helpful and accommodating.

I got a call from him a little while later saying that he got the alternator out and I could come by to get it. This time I took the B line and walked... not too far of a walk but a little confusing. Got the alternator and then had to walk a bit more to pick up the 70 bus which would take me to Waltham. No problems there... got to Waltham, and walked a bit more to the parts store. I found the guy who said he'd do the exchange, and while he admonished me for losing my original purchase invoice, he gave me the new one. Success! I treated myself to a bit of pizza for lunch at the restaurant across the street. Then it was a walk back to the bus stop, another bus ride back to Allston, and more walking back to the garage. Might I mention that this alternator is 15-20 lbs? My arms are still tired!

When I got back to the garage they had finished with most of their brake work and I decided to just wait for them to finish with the alternator so that I could drive the car home. I read the Boston Globe, watched them put my car up and down... finally it was done. I paid and left, so very excited that it was finally fixed! No more worrying about brake troubles.

And the car braked like a dream. For a little while. Then I started to get a little nervous again. Now, I can't prove anything yet... and maybe it's just things getting settled or me being overly sensitive. But I thought I felt the pedal descend again at a stoplight, just a touch.

We'll see. For now, I'll treat it as if it's fixed, and hope that I don't have to bring it back in. I'm pretty sure that at this point, there's really no more super-expensive parts to replace, so I can't imagine spending even MORE money...

By the way, the work on the alternator only cost $37. So at least there's something to smile about there.

Posted by kgutwin at January 17, 2005 04:17 PM

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