My Car Didn't Explode
For the last couple of weeks, off and on, my car hasn't quite been "feeling right" while driving. There were a few times when it felt like I was driving on a rough road… on roads that I knew usually felt really smooth. It never lasted long, so I just assumed it was a non-issue – maybe a squirrel stuck in my tire throwing off the balance or something.
Last night though.. ugh. Driving home I could feel the car hesitate when I left the first stop light. Then my check engine light came on and I could feel the car stuttering. My first thought was "Oh crap.. my car is going to explode!", so I decided to stop at the gas station, check my oil, and fill up my gas tank before leaving town. I figured if my car was going to explode, I might as well make it as spectacular as possible.
I took it slow leaving the gas station, and my car drove a lot smoother. She still didn't feel right, but I wasn't as worried.
I decided this morning that getting it fixed was more important than going to work, so I did that. It turns out that the parameters in the Engine Control Module (or "ECM" as the guy said.. before I asked him "The what?") were set to be too sensitive. So, basically what was happening was the car was thinking that the engine was mis-firing, so it tried to compensate and caused the engine to – wait for it – mis-fire.
So, all is good. Which is good, because I love my car. She's a trooper.
sparx said,
This could be an entire post, but I'm going to bury it in the comments here…
I just found out that one of the songs that I co-wrote, and sang lead on, has been getting radio play for the last year. Yeah, it's the college radio station.. but MY song is in the regular rotation.
🙂
September 23, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
sparx said,
lolcats will be posted saturday. no time today.
September 26, 2008 @ 10:59 am
unlikelymoose said,
ok, maybe you're not a gearhead.
May 14, 2009 @ 11:04 am
unlikelymoose said,
you refer to your car as a "she"? Please, please, please don't tell me you have a name for your car. I always thought that was the strangest thing in the world when people give their cars human names.
May 14, 2009 @ 11:06 am
spudart said,
Can we refer to cars as aliens?
kaitnxbai.
May 14, 2009 @ 5:13 pm
spudart said,
crap. i screwed that up. it's supposed to be kaytnxbai.
May 14, 2009 @ 5:13 pm
unlikelymoose said,
what is a kaytnxbai?
May 15, 2009 @ 8:43 am
spudart said,
moose, read it out loud and the words shall speak to you and unfold their hidden meaning.
May 16, 2009 @ 1:22 am