The end or the beginning?

Well, she's back: Saabine (my car) has returned to me. I picked up the car on Thursday evening and drove it home, and although it was great to finally have a car again, I wasn't entirely satisfied. With my car there's a strange feature that you need to put the car in reverse before you can remove the key from the ignition (which is down near the gear stick). This mechanism was proving to be quite tricky and I wasn't sure if I'd get the key out again at times. The gear stick was also a bit sticky since the gearbox had gone back in, and changing to first and second wasn't very smooth. Also the bonnet release that was supposed to be fixed when I bought it wasn't, so I couldn't open the bonnet. Worst, after Gary had spread his celebratory beer over my car, we rolled it back and there was some oily substance on the already wet floor. Not happy!

Was the problem not fixed? Nah.... they really couldn't be that incompetent to do a job so bad I'd be right back down there to make them fix it again. It was probably a smaller oil leak masked by the larger one from the transmission. Still, it could be quite annoying and even costly if something like the head gasket leaks.

But keeping an eye on it it seemed that not a lot of oil was leaking, though it was consistent. The gearbox loosened itself up, and so did the ignition, just as the lubrication gets moving about. So on the whole it looked good.

Am I getting you worried? Well, don't be. I took it to the dealer again today and they said of course they'll sort out the bonnet and they'll have a go at the drip. When I rolled the car back to show them the drip the mechanic put his finger in the solitary spot (over an hour or so it's a few more that come out) and held it to the light. Looking at its reddish colour he reckoned it was actually power steering fluid, which is likely to be a lot better news than oil. I'm guessing also it could be brake fluid from the colour, but from where it seems to come from it's less likely, I think. So far my brakes and my power steering work fine! They'll take it in on Thursday.

So hopefully this is the end of the troubles with my car, not the beginning of more. In all things God is good though, so have no worry about them but present your requests to God with thanksgiving.