Up till this year, this car which will be eight years old this month, has never given me a hint of a problem. Considering that I kept my last car for seventeen years, I tend to hang on to my vehicles for a long time, but with all that’s gone on with it so far in 2018 ….

This latest “problem” better not have anything to do with the expensive engine problem I had a few months ago. Sure, my check book’s still pretty fat now, but that’s earmarked for a new house. Speaking of which, that house I’m seeing on the real estate sites, looks interesting …