Friday I took a vacation day to have my car checked out and the results weren’t good. Paul, at Hamilton Rad, called with the bad news, there’s a leak in my head gasket. I said PARDON!! No sense putting $1,500 into an engine that has 220,000 kilometers on it. It’s to bad because I really like this car. I know station wagons aren’t cool but my bike and golf clubs travelled well and I really do like the look of this vehicle. They did another pressure test and didn’t find a leak but I am losing coolant so Paul said it must be into the exhaust system. When I was at Karl’s last weekend I remember starting the car and a big cloud of white smoke came out the exhaust, smelling like coolant… aaahh it’s all starting to make sense. He said I could continue driving it. It will run rough but keep checking the coolant level and I might get a couple of months out of it. Also said it will likely get worse as the temperatures get colder. Starting tomorrow I’ll take the Lakeshore back and forth to work. Not sure if it’s better to buy a CAA membership now or just pay for a tow when it finally does die. Anyone interested in a pool to guess the date?

If anyone hears of a cheap, certified, vehicle owned by a little old lady, who only drove once a week to church… please let me know.