I'm not sure if the gods of Arkansas don't like us, but wow. So far we have had ISSUES ever since we crossed over the border!
I guess bad things come in threes? Three issues presented themselves right after we crossed into Arkansas, headed towards Hot Springs:
So tomorrow morning we will try to swap out the master cylinder before 10 AM. Then we will drive to a Firestone tire center and get two Cooper tires for the rear of the car.
Yikes! An expensive day, but what are you gonna do???
I guess bad things come in threes? Three issues presented themselves right after we crossed into Arkansas, headed towards Hot Springs:
- We stopped for gas and checked the oil. Fine. Great, go to close the hood and it hit the front, upper valance (???) and chipped the heck out of the paint. Somehow the hinge got messed up when we tried to close the hood (?). We had to adjust hinges out in the hot 95 degree sun to get the hood to close. Really?!? Oh well, some more body issues on the poor car...
- We decided to drive highway 40 to quickly get to Hot Springs. Well, the rear tire had other ideas. Looks like the belts suddenly let loose. So we ended up on the side of the road putting on the spare while huge 18 wheelers went blasting by us. Then I had to order 2 rear tires. Should be in by tomorrow. $500. Ouch
- So we go to pull off the highway and the brake pedal feels funny. It goes (partially) to the floor sometimes but other times works well. We check the fluid but no loss of fluid. Must be the master cylinder. So we found one and bought it. $100
So tomorrow morning we will try to swap out the master cylinder before 10 AM. Then we will drive to a Firestone tire center and get two Cooper tires for the rear of the car.
Yikes! An expensive day, but what are you gonna do???