â€oeHouston, We Got A Problemâ€? â€oeHouston, We Got A Problemâ€?          A Sunday Story by Steven.It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the birds were singing … â€oea perfect glass top targa dayâ€? =) Perfect weather for a little Sunday cruise :YD While heading towards Epping on the M2 ExpressWay, I came out of the tollgates and planted the accelerator, â€oeas you doâ€? The zed started to race up to 100km/h then POP, COUGH, POP, STUTTER, POP, and the power drops, the auto wont change up into the next gear :>< Holding at 80km/h; check the gauges temperature, normal               :YD CHECK Revs holding in 2 to 3 thou range :YD CHECK fuel, quarter tank               :YD CHECK air-fuel discoing               :N( ERR:>< She wont change up to the next gear :>< power is falling8-} MAYDAY, MAYDAY WERE GOING DOWN:x Great, blown the motor or done a transmission :x !@#$ !@#$ !@#$:x Great, left conzult at home !!! :x not much !@#$ use there !!! :x Great, this will impress the date, !@#$ !!! :| Who to call order taxi for the lady :YD DONE nrma for the car :N( err maybe not a good idea=) So I called Mark (formerly the mechanic at UAS), and luckily for me, he and his fiancé were heading out to the shops so he agreed to come and diagnose what’s wrong (cause worst case at his garage for the coming week)... :YD :x NO !@#$ TAXI:x NO !@#$ TAXI:x Great, this will impress the date, !@#$ !!!>D< Mark arrived, diagnose the problem ….:+) RUN OUT OF FUEL:YD â€oeThanks, Markâ€? (no charge) call nrma for fuel.:x NO !@#$ TAXI:x NO !@#$ NRMA:x Great, this will impress the date, !@#$ !!!:x NO !@#$ TAXI:x NO !@#$ NRMA:x TAXI !@#$ FINALLY ARRIVES … :x GREAT !@#$ NO CASH â€oe ...date has to pay her own way home 8( guess I wont be seeing her again:x NO !@#$ NRMA:x NRMA !@#$ FINALLY ARRIVESget to servo, with a gentle pinging due to â€~standard’ unleaded-fuel.Completely fuel the tank with Mobile 8000 … gauge goes all the way to FULL.Jennifer [the zed] purs away as if to say â€oeSo how was that, bitchâ€? :-Z
Guess the guage has a problem Guess the guage has a problem or maybe my beloved Zed :-Z did not like the idea of potential competition
Did your low fuel light come on :?) :?) >>> My gauge chucks a hissy fit now and then but only under certain circumstances, and even then only 2 or 3 times ... but once is enough to land you in the poo. If I fill the tank up, and drive drive drive without stopping (eg, on my way to Adelaide/Sydney etc), I sometimes get a false reading on the gauge - the warning light comes on, but the gauge still shows quarter full. The first time it happened, I had done close on 600km, and with the gauge reading ¼ full I was thinking I'm getting some real good economy here! Then the light came on ~uh-oh~ about 60km from next town. Got there OK, the refill was 65 litres, yet still just under the ¼ mark :x :s . I am very wary of watching for the fuel light in similar circumstances - yes it has happened again.
Where did you find a Lady friend who> agreed to be painted Metalic Charcoal all-over:?) :?) "maybe my beloved Zed did not like the idea of potential competition" 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} }D 8D >D<BTW, does "Glowing Red" face, go well with Jenifers paint? Cheers Lloyd :-Z
