Okay people, here's the story: My car went whacko a couple days ago and I dropped it off at the garage today for repair. However, my mechanic has no idea what could be causing the problem.
I was driving on the day it reached about 90 degrees here in NY end of last week. I was going up a slight incline doing about 45-50 MPH. Suddenly I'm slowing down, and when I pushed the gas pedal, I had no acceleration at all. A few seconds later, all the lights on the dash came on and the steering wheel became stiff to turn, like I had no power steering.
I pulled over and checked all the fluids, but they were fine. I just had them topped off when I had an oil change and brake job last week. I restarted the car a few minutes later and I seemed to have acceleration. I took off and a few seconds down the road the same thing happened again. I pulled over and waited about 10-15 minutes to let things cool down (though the temp. guage was fine). It started again and drove fine all the way home, and into town once over the weeked.
So here's the CARnival story. My brother has offered some financial assistance with the car repair. But if it runs beyond what he's offering, I won't be able to make it regardless. On the other hand, if my car is unable to be repaired until next month--like if maybe this is something to do with electronics and runs into more money than I can rake together right now--I may need someone on standby to catch a ride with if I figure this is doable financially. If anyone is passing through or near Middletown, NY, let me know. This may be a moot point depending on finances after the repair, but I figured I would ask now rather than to wait longer. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll have some idea what's going on with the car and know for sure whether I can swing CARnival by either my own steam, or a ride with someone else.
I was driving on the day it reached about 90 degrees here in NY end of last week. I was going up a slight incline doing about 45-50 MPH. Suddenly I'm slowing down, and when I pushed the gas pedal, I had no acceleration at all. A few seconds later, all the lights on the dash came on and the steering wheel became stiff to turn, like I had no power steering.
I pulled over and checked all the fluids, but they were fine. I just had them topped off when I had an oil change and brake job last week. I restarted the car a few minutes later and I seemed to have acceleration. I took off and a few seconds down the road the same thing happened again. I pulled over and waited about 10-15 minutes to let things cool down (though the temp. guage was fine). It started again and drove fine all the way home, and into town once over the weeked.
So here's the CARnival story. My brother has offered some financial assistance with the car repair. But if it runs beyond what he's offering, I won't be able to make it regardless. On the other hand, if my car is unable to be repaired until next month--like if maybe this is something to do with electronics and runs into more money than I can rake together right now--I may need someone on standby to catch a ride with if I figure this is doable financially. If anyone is passing through or near Middletown, NY, let me know. This may be a moot point depending on finances after the repair, but I figured I would ask now rather than to wait longer. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll have some idea what's going on with the car and know for sure whether I can swing CARnival by either my own steam, or a ride with someone else.
