auto in the shop

I spent most of last week carless, as mine was spending its time in a repair shop. I could borrow B's car for a few errands, but because there weren't very many (which is why I picked this week), there was no need to rent a car.

I wanted to get a persistent problem solved before we go off on a long drive next month.

The 'check engine' light has come on repeatedly over the last year or so, and every time I have someone run a diagnostic, it claims to be a leak in the system that keeps gas fumes from escaping outside the fuel line, but nobody could find a leak.

This time I asked them to dive in with more detail, and they did find a couple misfunctioning parts and replaced them. It may not solve the problem entirely - there appears to be a short in an electrical wire somewhere that's contributing to the festivities, and those are even harder to track down - but for the moment the warning light is off.

Also, the car's horn had stopped working.

Turned out that somehow it had gotten unplugged.