Archive for the 'man-with-a-van' Category
Revenge of the Van
After completing the $5.00 repair on the van, which had shut me down on the George Washington Bridge in the middle of the 1998 post-Thanksgiving rush, my vehicle was a lot more reliable (although every once in awhile the engine had this strange way of continuing to crank a few times after I shut the [...]
Read More..>>Return of the Van
In the last post, I mentioned that the minivan would be back. Here is the second chilling tale of the van.
After making the inaugural trip to Philadelphia, and losing the muffler in the process, the van and I began our daily relationship driving back and forth to my advertising job. It was a [...]
Reese Auto Tags: Crooks
DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH REESE AUTO TAGS. THEY ARE CROOKS.
Last year when whenI bought my van in Mt. Airy, the seller brought me to a nearby auto tags place called Reese Auto Tags (7150 Germantown Avenue, 215-242-8247) to transfer registration, title, and the other necessary documents. For those of you who don’t [...]
I Need a Mechanic
My van shit the bed this morning, so if any of my Philadelphia readers can recommend a good mechanic in West Philly, I would really really appreciate it.
The enging cranks but doesn’t catch, which could be any number of problems. What I can tell you for certain is that over the past couple of [...]
Not a Bleg
I’ll get right to the point: I need some extra dough to pay off a couple of small but niggling debts. A hundred here, fifty bucks there, and it starts to add up!
This isn’t a bleg per se (I hate those), but I DO have a small van, and after this Sunday will be available [...]
