smrgol: (Passat)
Smrgol ([personal profile] smrgol) wrote2010-12-16 08:03 pm
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Stranded! For the very first time.

Well, after 11 Years, 51 weeks and almost 238,000 miles my Passat stranded me for the first time today.

I was in a parking lot close to home doing the "wait for a space" thing when the car just stopped running.

It's definitely a fuel issue, the motor cranks fine and all the electrical "stuff" works.

Hopefully it's a simple thing like a clogged filter and not a pump failure or worse.

Meanwhile the flatbed tow will be at least $125 and the rental (a Chevy HHR - not too bad, but VERY "American") will be about $42 per day ($35 plus 19.625%tax(!)).

Sometimes ya just can't win.

[identity profile] cubbi.livejournal.com 2010-12-18 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well I wouldn't get one as a personal vehicle, but as far as running errands at work in the City, the HHRs sure beat any of the minivans we were used to!