Prognosis Negative

Got the diagnostics video from the Mini Dealership. She's a goner. Sorry Mini. 

The battery, the onboard computer (over 2k combined for repair/replace), and urgently, the Water Pump. another 2k. And then, a gasket and another thing. more k. The cheapest thing on the list was a front end alignment for 400 bucks. 

All told, all the things together come to about 6k. 

And this car has over 135k miles on it. So putting at least 6k into it, and then what, something else happens. Sorry kid. 

Doug is going to go up to the dealership and see what, if any, deal he can make for the car to be traded in as a piece of shit. Can they replace all the things for so much less and then resell it. Maybe. Who knows. 

I'll be out of town, unless we go up tonight or tomorrow and look. He's on their website scoping out opportunity and mad at how much cars cost. 

I've been saying to him that it's great that he loves to just buy cars and drive'em til they drop and not have a bank make a penny off of him in interest. I am all for that, to some extent. He very much refuses to finance anything. He spent 10k on this car a year ago and he's mad that it is dead. "I should have gone to the guy I bought the dodge from. That was 5k, and it is going strong, and that guy was great."

Yeah. But roadside dealerships, dude. No. Go to a for real grown up dealership maybe sometime, because they have a reputation to uphold. His argument is they charge you a fuck ton more money. Maybe. But they'll back up their vehicles. 

I'm getting too old for this shit. I don't want to be on the side of the highway and breaking down. I don't want to be stranded. 

We will see what happens next. But. The poor little domino. I liked you. 

Digits below.

 

exercise: 12/12 hours of 250 steps.  No dedicated 10. 4500+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8:15am: 177
4:30pm: 178
10pm: 231

food:

coffee/water 
10:30am: 647 English Muffin w/pb and low sugar jelly
11am: metformin
2pm: lil travel container of cheese and itty bitty crackers
6pm: big piece of chicken parm w/sauce; white wine
7pm: Metformin+jardiance