Nothing new to report really. I went to the doctor yesterday and the person that saw me basically said, you seem ok, but you should get some physical therapy for your shoulder. She thought that would help the pain. I said ok. So, I have my first appointment in a week and half. I didn’t…
Category: Vehicles
Where I will write about car, bicycle, and motorcycle stuff
Update on Self and Bicycle
Thought I would provide you all with a little update on the accident stuff. I will say that Progressive Insurance is doing a pretty good job so far. The agent I am dealing with, Chad, and I talked on Monday and he took my report on what happened. He told me that he would need…
Bicycle Meets Car (I’m OK)
Well today didn’t go as planned. I was finally able to head out on my daily bike ride at about 4pm. I was hoping for ma nice 17 mile ride like I do on Sundays. Everything was going well, there wasn’t much traffic on the road (the Superbowl was going to start shortly afterall), and…
Weekend of getting stuff done, seeing old friends, and being sick
I got another cold. I think I have been sick more in the last 2 months than not. I am sick of being stuffed up. Anyways life still has to go on. This weekend I got to see an old friend and get some stuff done around the house. The first is my VW. I…
The VW Lives Again
As I mentioned recently my VW engine had a major issue. You can read about it here. So after buying parts at Doug’s Bugs and Bunnies in Mesa. I was able to get it all back together without too much trouble. Ok, doing pushrod tubes was a pain to get them extended out so they…
Recent Motorcycle Stuff
In today’s what has been going on post I decided to talk about a positive (that started with a negative) about motorcycle work. About a week and a half ago my wife came in from the garage and told me my motorcycle had a puddle of oil under it. I thought, WHAT? So, out I…
Meetings and Snow
Today was a boring day of meetings. But here is a picture of snow from where I am now: I may have underestimated how deep the snow was. Yes, the car is stuck. I tried low range 4×4 and even locking the differential, but just got tires to spin. I tried rocking it back and…
Not your typical car need
I had to go out in my car this morning, and I had to pull over and do something that you don’t tend to think about in Chandler, AZ. I had to scrap the ice off my window so I could drive. Thankfully I had my Maricopa parking pass on its plastic sheet to use…
VW engine update
I got the engine out of the car without too much trouble. It takes a while to get all the parts off the engine before I can actually get the engine out of the car. In total it took about 2.5 hours (maybe 3). I had a bit of time between start a finish due…
Latest updates on Ford, Toilet and now the VW
As I mentioned earlier this week I had to take care of an issue with the Ford and the first mechanic I dealt with. I called them and told them what was going on. They asked to see the car one more time, with me present, to go over the coolant issues (diluted coolant and…