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...or not.
Dec. 4th, 2001 07:41 pm"I was going to go pick up the free Taurus wagon today, and I tried.
Got the battery and license plate off of The Cat and headed over there.
Now what I needed off the other car was a rear bumper and a steering column. The guy who was giving it to me also said it had new tires. If they where the right size I was going to give two to my mom to put on her Taurus.
I get there and the car has a Sable back bumper which is different from a Taurus bumper, and the column is the old style (apparently Ford changed the style of column in '90, so they aren't compatible). I figure I'll take the thing anyway and see if I can get something out of it. So we put the battery in and it starts up. BUt it's smoking like crazy and running like crap. While I'm chatting with the guy and wedging the plate in the rear window smoke starts pouring out of the hood. I pop the hood but can't see where it is coming from, and it smells like burning electical insulation. So I decide to try and get the thing home before it burns up or something.
PUlling out with my mom following I head towards the highway. About four blocks later the plate falls out of the back window. I pull over to fix it, and not thinking shut the car off. Fix the plate, and go to start it again. Key won't turn. Not at all, not even a little. Not even with pliers. Bitch, moan, grumble, etc. While I'm trying to think of ideas I look at the tires. They aren't even the size I need. Fuck it.
Take plate off, remove battery, drive back to guy's house and give him key and tell him where the car is. Drive home.
Got the battery and license plate off of The Cat and headed over there.
Now what I needed off the other car was a rear bumper and a steering column. The guy who was giving it to me also said it had new tires. If they where the right size I was going to give two to my mom to put on her Taurus.
I get there and the car has a Sable back bumper which is different from a Taurus bumper, and the column is the old style (apparently Ford changed the style of column in '90, so they aren't compatible). I figure I'll take the thing anyway and see if I can get something out of it. So we put the battery in and it starts up. BUt it's smoking like crazy and running like crap. While I'm chatting with the guy and wedging the plate in the rear window smoke starts pouring out of the hood. I pop the hood but can't see where it is coming from, and it smells like burning electical insulation. So I decide to try and get the thing home before it burns up or something.
PUlling out with my mom following I head towards the highway. About four blocks later the plate falls out of the back window. I pull over to fix it, and not thinking shut the car off. Fix the plate, and go to start it again. Key won't turn. Not at all, not even a little. Not even with pliers. Bitch, moan, grumble, etc. While I'm trying to think of ideas I look at the tires. They aren't even the size I need. Fuck it.
Take plate off, remove battery, drive back to guy's house and give him key and tell him where the car is. Drive home.
Total utter failure to aquire taurus.
Feh."
