Redline
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So up until 4:00 or so today (Sunday), I _was_ having a good week. I was just on my way home with my wife and daughter, cruising through Portsmouth in moderate traffic. I was dozing off, and the wife was driving. All of a sudden "Uhhh... Jere" was heard and before I knew it my wife was pulling over and there was a cloud of steam coming from the hood.
"WTF" was my first thought. And my second, third and fourth. Cell phone was flipped open, called my brother Ethan, who was just on his way to meet up with EcksJay. It was quickly determined that my overheating problem was most likely a head gasket. EcksJay says "Call Pedro..." so I did. Sure as raisin, Pedro says "no problem, I've already got my sweep gear loaded up... I'll be there soon".
In 45 minutes, Mr & Mrs. Pedro had their flashers on and we were poking our heads under the hood. Radiator was nearly empty, so we topped it off. After running the vehicle for a few minutes, bubbles starting coming to the surface... frothy types. "Yup.. good stuff" was said by somebody... probably me. Closed the hood, swore a bit and discussed my options. Pedro offered to follow me to the Hampton tolls, as long as I kept the vehicle under 60 so I could let the "cooler-ish" air do it's work on keeping my engine not scorching hot.
By the time I got to Hampton, the temp guage started climbing. So, we got off onto 101 and pulled into an Irving station at Exit 12 in Exeter. The radiator took ANOTHER full gallon. It was quite obvious we weren't going to make the 45+ minute ride home. "Exeter Subaru is right up that-a-way" Pedro informed me. He even offered to follow me there, drop off the vehicle with instructions to QUOTE the job prior to work, and tote the 3 of us back to Haverhill, MA.
So there we were, all crammed into a WRX Sedan, with a 1 year old that was ready to bawl, and made it home. Had a BBQ to finish the day, and put the kid to bed. What a day. Funny thing? I'm not pissed, upset or even frustrated about what happened. Yeah, it sucked. But, because of a few awesome people, it was relatively painless.
I say that now... heh heh. Wait until I get the quote for the job.
CLIFF NOTES:
Head gasket blew in Portsmouth, Pedro saved the day by being an awesome friend. Finished the evening with a BBQ and chat.
"WTF" was my first thought. And my second, third and fourth. Cell phone was flipped open, called my brother Ethan, who was just on his way to meet up with EcksJay. It was quickly determined that my overheating problem was most likely a head gasket. EcksJay says "Call Pedro..." so I did. Sure as raisin, Pedro says "no problem, I've already got my sweep gear loaded up... I'll be there soon".
In 45 minutes, Mr & Mrs. Pedro had their flashers on and we were poking our heads under the hood. Radiator was nearly empty, so we topped it off. After running the vehicle for a few minutes, bubbles starting coming to the surface... frothy types. "Yup.. good stuff" was said by somebody... probably me. Closed the hood, swore a bit and discussed my options. Pedro offered to follow me to the Hampton tolls, as long as I kept the vehicle under 60 so I could let the "cooler-ish" air do it's work on keeping my engine not scorching hot.
By the time I got to Hampton, the temp guage started climbing. So, we got off onto 101 and pulled into an Irving station at Exit 12 in Exeter. The radiator took ANOTHER full gallon. It was quite obvious we weren't going to make the 45+ minute ride home. "Exeter Subaru is right up that-a-way" Pedro informed me. He even offered to follow me there, drop off the vehicle with instructions to QUOTE the job prior to work, and tote the 3 of us back to Haverhill, MA.
So there we were, all crammed into a WRX Sedan, with a 1 year old that was ready to bawl, and made it home. Had a BBQ to finish the day, and put the kid to bed. What a day. Funny thing? I'm not pissed, upset or even frustrated about what happened. Yeah, it sucked. But, because of a few awesome people, it was relatively painless.
I say that now... heh heh. Wait until I get the quote for the job.
CLIFF NOTES:
Head gasket blew in Portsmouth, Pedro saved the day by being an awesome friend. Finished the evening with a BBQ and chat.
