I had to share 2 weird Murphy moments yesterday. On the way back from the other side of the state, Mrs GreyWoolfe and I were cruising along and all of a sudden the car started losing power and then the power coming back, sort of. The cruise control stopped working and the traction control light came on and wouldn't go out no matter how many times the button was pressed. This power fluctuation is fairly constant over the next 45 miles but we manage to get home without having to call AAA. So we are home getting ready for bed and she asks me to turn the AC off and the heat up a little because she is cold. I go to the touch screen thermostat and it remains black and I realize the AC isn't working. I tell her and, of course, she does't believe me and has to see for herself. I go and check the breakers and everything is fine. Mrs GreyWoolfe is now in high dudgeon and says that I need to call the AC people first thing in the morning because no AC or heat is unacceptable.
Fast forward to this morning. She is suddenly up and trying to get organized as her daughter asked her to take the granddaughter and friend to church as they had something come up. Her daughter lent her a car as she doesn't want to drive ours and the van only has 2 seats. She calls the house back and said there are red lights on the car. I misunderstand what she is saying, I think she is talking about the security system light on the dash--she knows about this. Now that I am out in the front of the house, I am going to swap the van and car as she doesn't want to drive the car until it is checked out. Car starts up fine, no idiot lights on the dash. Just cause I can, I hit the gas hard and quickly get up to almost 50 in a 25 zone in the subdivision and 6K RPM--no problem and also cruise control turns back on and works.
As a side note, she was talking about the brake lights being on as she drove past the car. Hopefully that was the angle of the sun ascending, reflecting off of the lenses.
I come back in the house and am getting ready to call the AC people. I am cleaning up in the kitchen and am putting things away in the hutch and I realize the AC is blowing on me.
I check the thermostat and it is lighting up and I can adjust the AC and heat settings again.
So the car runs fine for now but is still going to Hyundai and no call to the AC people because there is nothing wrong this morning. You can't make sh!t like this up. I hope this provides some amusement this morning.
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