I am no longer a Subaru owner.
Way back in 2019 the motor spun the rod bearings (totally my fault), so I bought the Jeep. In 2020 I found a motor for the Subaru, so I put it back on the road. About that time Eldest Son needed a car due to deer, so he took it for a while. Of course, he hit another deer with it, but fortunately it wasn't horribly difficult to fix. A little over a year later he gave it back, and it needed transmission work.
I haven't really been driving it much, so the neighbor has had it on long-term loan for a couple of years (yes, I said years, as in about two of them). He brought it back a couple of months ago because it needed a clutch, and since it was my car, of course he expected me to pay for it.
I told him then that either he was going to buy the car or I was going to take it back, because between the clutch, a set of tires, and the AC work that I had done to it in the past two years, along with the license and insurance, I was spending about a grand a year on a car that I wasn't driving. He thought about it for a while, and when I offered a really good deal on it he decided to take it. We finalized the deal on the 7th, fifteen years to the day since I bought it in 2010.
Last week I took the Jeep in for some AC work. I don't really use the AC, but when it's hot and raining I have to have the top on it and the windows fog up, so it would be nice to have it. It worked fine when charged, but it wouldn't even hold the charge for 12 hours. I spent more on the Jeep than I collected for the Subaru, but Friday they said it was done and I took it to work.
They replaced the compressor since it was leaking very badly from the front seal, it was making a lot of noise and wouldn't build pressure very well. I checked it as I drove away and it seemed to be fine, but I drove it to work with the top off since it was a nice day. It looked like rain overnight so I put the top back up while I was at work.
Saturday morning I started it up and turned the defrost on to clear the windshield, and the AC didn't work.
Yesterday evening I dropped it of at the shop again, and they found a leaking condenser (the part in front of the radiator, not the hard-to-get-to part in the dash) that had not been leaking with the old compressor since it couldn't build the pressure. They agreed to replace the part and recharge the system for the cost of the condenser only, no labor or shop costs (mostly R134 freon). Hopefully that will cure what ails it, I guess I'll find out this week.
Last but not least, the poor Mustang has been sitting outside (as have all the rest of the cars) and the clear coat has bubbled and peeled on the passenger door and rear fender. I'm going to try to get it in the paint shop over Beach Week (another week and a half from now) and get that taken care of. I haven't driven it much since Mrs Hades and the pups have come into my life, we usually take her Explorer whenever we go places because it has more room.
That should take care of my vehicular issues for a while. It had better, because now I need to rebuild my auto expense account back up. Between the Jeep AC work and the Explorer needing brakes (not to mention it's registration season for the Mustang so it needed an inspection and tags), it has drawn down to nothing, and I had to put some on the credit card.
And to think, I just got that credit card all paid off. (I rewarded myself by buying fun stuff.)
NOTE: The appointment with the paint shop has been made and the applicable decals have been purchased. What the hell, I didn't need a zero balance on that card anyway (besides, it gives me another chance to pay it off again and reap another reward).
