Update!

[sinanju]

So my Lovely & Talented Wife (hereinafter referred to as LTW) has heard from the garage.  The car stopped working because the distributor cap came off.  It seems that whoever did the last tune-up on the car failed to properly secure it.

I can safely say that I didn't do it.  I wouldn't know a distributor cap if it bit me on the ass.  I've never been interested in learning how to repair automobiles; that's what you pay professionals for.  In this case, however, we didn't have to pay them much at all.  Which is just how we like it.

Comments

Re: automobile knowledge

[raine-wynd.livejournal.com]

::surprised look:: But don't you want to know the difference between a distributor cap and an oil cap? Although my chances of working on a car again are pretty slim, I like knowing what the parts are, where they are, what their functions are, and I tend to get taken more seriously when I come across as knowledgeable when I've taken my car in to be serviced. Plus, if it's something as cheap as a distributor cap, it's cheaper for me to walk into an auto parts store and buy it than pay the markup a repair shop would charge. Maybe it's just easier for guys....

Re: automobile knowledge

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

Would I _mind_ knowing the difference between a distributor cap and an oil cap? No. Do I care enough to have learned it? Apparently not, since I don't even know what you mean by an "oil cap" unless you mean the cap you remove to add oil (in which case I do know).

It may be easier for guys, if those "hidden camera" tv stings are any indication. In any case, I've always just asked around for the names of reliable and trustworthy mechanics and gone to them when I needed work done on my car.

[snippy]

Actually it turns out one of the screws on the distributor cap was stripped, and the next time we have a tune-up it will have to be replaced. The shop said it would cost $150.

Still, that's in the future.