Sully’s Garage

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!