tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10200671.post114118634991728175..comments2023-11-05T04:45:58.943-06:00Comments on 19 Minutes Past the Hour: Moving, part 2.5Mitch Teichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755362614003939247noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10200671.post-63931383684144560772010-10-14T01:05:13.073-05:002010-10-14T01:05:13.073-05:00The key benefits to having your car serviced on an...The key benefits to having your car serviced on an annual or bi-annual basis are that it significantly helps to keep your car in top condition for as long as it is possible.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vwserviceadelaide.com.au/" rel="nofollow">VW Service Adelaide</a>Auto Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714339455341340111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10200671.post-1141283713621749552006-03-02T01:15:00.000-06:002006-03-02T01:15:00.000-06:00When I moved from Boulder to Victoria, BC for my f...When I moved from Boulder to Victoria, BC for my first postdoc position, I did it in a very used Volvo station wagon I had bought just before the move. In Bozeman, Montana, the car died on Labor Day weekend, stranding me, my girlfriend at the time, and our two cats. The guys at "Mike's Chevron" had in fact never even SEEN a Volvo before. After two days of living in the motel, we were on our way, the "fix" being that we would have to turn the fuel pump on manually using a switch they had installed near the driver's side door. This worked well enough to get us out of their hair, but not much further---maybe 250 miles, at which point the lights dimmed and the battery and alternator were dead. We replaced those, and limped along for another two days; we just couldn't drive at night or otherwise run any of the accesssaries, without the battery dying again.<BR/><BR/>I had thought that that was about the worse move story possible, until I started reading this....at least we weren't sick, and we only had to struggle with a couple of cats....<BR/><BR/>Let me just add, for the record: no matter where you go, there you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com