Nemo, Car Failure
:: Sunday, June 29th, 2003 @ 1:14:34 am
:: Tags: General
I went to see Finding Nemo with the other Eric tonight. What a fantastic movie! I loved every minute of it. Well, except for the moments when the 500 little kids in the audience would talk/babble/stomp/clap/cry/etc. We should have gone to the 10pm showing. :) Also, who would have know that it would be 60 degrees and blustery in Daly City! I was still dressed for Bimini: shorts, a t-shirt, and flip-flops. Wrong move. I suppose the cold was a welcome change from the incredible heat the last two days have given us.
My car died on the way back from the theater. We were on 280 North just after Cesar Chavez, and luckily, the car coasted along over the hill, stopping in the space between the freeway lanes and the Cesar Chavez on-ramp. It would have been horrible to have stopped in an actual lane! Stupid cars. My fuel gauge read 1/8 full, but it felt like I ran out of gas. I guess I’ll find out on Monday when the dealership calls me. Eric and I sat in the car until Mr. Tow Truck came. Thanks for your patience, Eric! And thanks to Jeremy for picking me up, afterwards. :) [see some photos]
Jim Abernethy called and left a message today. He said that Zoe has been repeating my name non-stop. He said, “I’ve been with him for 11 years and he still hasn’t learned my name!” I guess he likes me. :)
Also, congratulations to Elliot and Mandy, who were both mentioned in Business Week for winning a student design competition!
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Hey EC, welcome back :) Dying cars suck. Last weekend my car deceided to call it quits driving down Guerrero at 11pm and had to be flatbedded back down to Palo Alto. A new fuel pump set me back $500 :( I think I’m going to get a Honda S2000.
You missed a fun evening at the Public Glass Gallery Opening: http://www.publicglass.org/gallery-onsite.html
The PIT journal was well done and a nice break from work. I’d love to hear more about it and how I can volunteer for next year.
Hi, i’m glad your car was able to coast to a safe area; hopefully it is not the catastrophic engine failure that has plagued several E46 M3s.. If so, it’s a good thing BMW extended the warranty. Good luck with the car..
Yeah, Nemo was great. :) And the roadside adventure was fine. Just so glad we did coast to where we did. Sheesh. Otherwise that would’ve been a bad scene.
Hey Eric. I just wandered into your site while surfing for “underwater photography” info. Great site. Btw, I own an E46 M3 (same color as yours) and the same damn thing happened to me. Apparently BMW uses low-quality fuel senders in our cars. They will give you a false reading on the wrong side of the fence. I had my fuel pump and sender unit replaced and the problem has returned after only two months. Ai ya.