Car troubles and Taste of Peñasco

Oswaldo came by yesterday morning to pick me up to get the car. It started, but there was still the ultimate problem of it not having any pick up whatsoever, which has been going on for a while now. So we picked up a fuel filter, air filter, oil filter, spark plugs, 5 litres of oil and 5 litres of transmission fluid. That was about 10 AM. Oswaldo showed up with his friend about 7 PM last night. His friend had done all that work, washed the car, washed the motor, and it was only 1000 pesos.

Unfortunately it still has the initial problem of no pick up. So I took it over to Oswaldo's house, and he was there, along with his brother Ed, who initially sold us this house! He's a great guy as well. We talked for a while and caught up, and of course Ed's also a great mechanic, so we took us to a couple of his friends. They are going to take off the catalytic converter, because they think it's probably clogged. If not, then we'll go back to another friend and he'll check the PSI on the fuel pump.

By the time the car's fixed, it's going to be a diamond!! All the work that had been done needed to be done, but in Canada it would have been much too expensive, so we probably would have given this one to the Kidney foundation and bought another beater. In spite of the time it's taking, I prefer this. I like to watch our little car being taken care of so well!

Just after I typed that, Oswaldo knocked, and the car was ready! It helped, taking the catalytic converters off, but it still isn't quite right, so tomorrow morning at 8 AM I'm meeting him at another mechanic- this guy will look at the fuel pump and run some other diagnostics. But I have the car for now, so Shadow and I are going to go down to the beach and throw a few things around!

Later: Oh yeah, the Taste of Penasco part- 8 restaurants have tastings, in a beautiful surrounding by the ocean, entertainment, etc. etc. Takes place tomorrow, I've been looking forward to it since I saw it online last May. One more sleep!!