If every cloud has a silver lining, does every old car have a gold one? Apparently!
The old blue car needed an expensive operation to cure its highway shakes. They knew they would have to go auto shopping this summer. But looking forward to car dealers about the way most of us also look forward to a root canal, they put it off until after their vacation.
That might have been a mistake, because then their late and unlamented white vehicle threw a temper tantrum (and a piston) when asked to accelerate uphill around a truck. The fix for that one would have been roughly the same amount as the resale value. That's exactly the news all of us want to hear when we're a whopping two hours into their much-needed two week vacation. (Must have been tempting to just turn around and go home instead of making a million adjustments so they could continue on and visit grandparents and The Mouse.)
So...whether they wanted to or not, they each had to shop for a reliable car when they returned home.
The result is the gold lining to their garage if not their bank balance.
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