Les7311

My wife is my pride and joy , and she said, “why would you take the ‘11 on a 350+ miles round trip, when you have the ‘17 in the driveway.
“good babes, I got this…”

8 miles from home and on the Beltway, (don’t YOU dArE say it my fellas)….am calling a Uber to pick her up, on the beltway……but little did I know uber send driver to a safe location.

she is crisp in her suite, am semi causal (imagine us both like…..don’t dare say it)…. Walking on the beltway in rush hour traffic. Uber cancelled 3 times, the last one waited 10 minutes, I tipped him a extra $10.

rewund: about 2mph in left of 3 lanes, here comes smoke from the engine, traffic moving up, No Power….. the. The dash started to get dark… car edging now across 3 lanes to the shoulder.
Am in protection mode … I will be Superman if this car burst out in flames. 10 seconds seemed like 2 hours n til the came to rest safe on Shoulder.
with 30 minutes and 8 miles I must get wife to work. Alas, we made it to a Uber, my turn to get car towed.

short story, insurance covered, but ETA is 2 hours
one tow pulled up, $200 to go 8 miles; another pulled up $125….. deal!!!!

a few Dx, the Alterntor is fried.

shared thoughts w my t@LtLeary , played w the ide of surgery that could take me 3 hours… but then wifey says “i will not be in that car ever again”

soheees it:

2011 max SV
375k miles
27.5mpg on a P0420 for almost 2 years
lits of oEM parts including the alternator
donor Tran at 250 k miles
changed Tran fluid at 30k intervals
just replace LCA plus two front tires and alignment two w weeks back

Mother literally kissed the ‘11 goodbye (no joke) she’s off to a foundation.

No biggie, the wife has 3 choices, the 2017 platinum ready for the road

this is by no ways my departure, just floated between the Gens


Beltway broken

Let’s continue this journey

On way to donor home