Ahh, winter. I pretty much am getting to hate this time of year. Kind of weird being in my line of work. Could be that I can’t snowboard because of my injury. Oh well. Here’s how it’s looking in Heber these days.
End of 2008 snow at Sully's Garage and home
It’s weird being single, 40, no kids, and nothing much to do for Christmas. Along with trying to be more positive, I am trying to somewhat embrace the holidays this year and not be a humbug. In the spirt of the holidays I put up a Christmas tree. (see photo) Now I know it’s not much and a bit on the Charlie Brown side but it is a serious attempt to enjoy the holiday spirit. I wanted to keep it low stress, simple. Granted I have not put much effort into it. I bought the tree at the local thrift store for $3.00. Lights at Kings $4.00 which seems a bit steep as I could possibly buy the same lights at Walmart for .50 cents but hey don’t accuse me of not supporting the little guy. Actually King’s is a trip. It’s like an old throwback Woolworths from decades Read More
Well some things are finally behind me. It’s been an expensive December thus far. First my car died. Bummer. I was driving into work and it conked out just before the turn in to Kimball Junction. I had my buddy Darren help me tow it over to Burt Brothers Garage. Man don’t ever go to those bastards. It turned out the fuel pump. They told me the part would be $600! Just for the part!!!! I even called down to the Nissan dealer and the part there was $400. Less than at Burt’s. Those guys really stick it to you. Anyway I had the car towed down to Chatarra’s Auto in Heber. They agreed to replace the part and do the tow for $300 (I bought the part used on ebay for $100) and actually it turned out the pump was fine. It was the sending unit that was bad. So for this ordeal I am out a total of $480 and I am stuck with a used fuel pump I don’t need (Guess I’ll try to rehawk it on ebay…) All in all it was cheaper than the $1000 bucks Burt bro’s would have charged me.
The second big expense was my speeding ticket. I got nailed coming into work about a month ago. It was 7am the day after I bought my BMW. I had to ride to work because I had left my car there. I was literally 1000 yards away from my office FREEZING. I decided to just gun it for the last little bit. Well, there the cop was. He clocked me doing 84 in a 35 (The bike has some serious pickup!!!) Anyway, I guess I was lucky because I could have gotten a ticket for reckless driving, had the bike impounded and lost my license. I went to court yesterday and met with the DA. We agreed to a guilty plea of 66 in a 35 which reduced the fine to $430 from $680 and hopefully it won’t ding my insurance as bad. Anyway my two day total $910. I guess there goes everyone’s Christmas gifts…
Folks better start buying T-shirts!
Not that anybody is reading this but I put together a “Sully’s Garage” store on Cafe Press. You can now order your very own Sully’s Garage t-shirt, coffee mug, or wall clock!!! pretty exciting.
logo that appears on the quality coffee mug and clock!
Go to this link and buy away!!! http://www.cafepress.com/sullysgarage Read More
