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29Aug/070

Strange sounds from my vehicle.

Originally had this posted from twitter back on the 29th of August

I had a bolt stuck in my tire. At town fair tire to have it repaired. They charge twice as much now than the last time I had it done. #

While it was minor inconvenience to have taken care of what I wanted to talk about was another sound I started to hear. Before I get to that I need to mention that the reason I knew something like this had happened was due to my hearing a clicking noise while I was driving. I would never have heard that if I didn't roll down the passenger side window. Therein lies the first piece of advice I can give anyone in regard to vehicles; roll down your windows from time to time, you might hear something that isn't quite right.

That was the forward passenger side tire. Alright now for the next thing that happened and happened earlier this week. I started to hear another noise... and determined that it was also from the forward passenger side of my car. This noise was different it was blunter and harder. Turn out that my strut decided that it would dislodge itself from it's housing and in turn would beat against the hood any time I hit a bump. I got that all fixed up for nearly $400, money that should have been happily spent frolicking with glee around new tech toys and junk of that nature. I am glad that the mechanic had it done by 2 o'clock the same afternoon that I dropped it off. I had my car there before the shop even opened. I am also glad that I live in walking distance of the place, no need to find someone to hook you up with a ride.

If I can keep the rule of threes from coming to fruition I'll be pretty happy.