It's been almost a week

I know I've been slacking, but I just couldn't do it this week. So let's dive right in shall we?

The car was picked up Monday morning (a familiar ritual) and taken back to Southern States Subaru (the home away from home). I talked with Ryan about the situation and he was coming up with possibilities as I was talking, but they changed with every detail that I gave him. Eventually he asked me to stop as each piece was making it worse from a guessing standpoint. I did throw out the idea of this being a result from either the deer insident (which I doubted) or the flooding (which I doubted less than the deer) and he said possibly on the flooding but wouldn't know until he dug into it. So, I call the insurance company to let them know the situation just in case and they start prepping to go out and look at the car with Ryan. I hear word on Wednesday about the damage, broke a rod (yeah!) so time for a new engine, and no it wasn't a result from the flooding so it's coming out of my pocket. Time for an upgrade!! Well, almost. Replacing the stock engine with a like engine would give me a warranty in case something were to go wrong again. And lets face it, since this is the third time in 7 months, I could really benefit from that warranty. The 2.5 liter engine would be a very nice little upgrade and is similar in cost and gives me lots of happy time in the car. But is considered a modification from the original and comes with no warranty. Guess which one won out!? No upgrade for me.

So the engine's on order. It may have shown up today, but if not, then it will be there Monday. After that, Ryan will have it back in running order by Thursday for me. Just in time to park it for about 3 days while I go to Sandblast in Cheraw, SC. This does throw a small wrench in my plans to upgrade the transmission, as that means I won't be doing that. All I'll be doing is rebuilding the existing one and be happy with it.

I did come up with one other scenario that I've put into motion and now need to hear back from the person who would be able to tell me about it. Since the car doesn't have that many miles on it (97k) and I don't abuse the car, I've asked if it's possible that Subaru of America may be able to help me out some with what happened. It's another longshot, but it never hurts to ask (it's taken me almost 33 years to learn that, and I'm using it every chance I can).

Till next time, stay away from puddles, deer, and daily driving. Those seem to be my downfall, everything else is always fine. =)