Now for the bad news...... sort of.... at least for me.
Upon the initial outset of the 200 mile one-way road trip, I did not bring a car trailer or money..... I was only going to look it over.
My mother, yes, my 81 year old mother convinced me to bring the car trailer. She really wanted me to get it.
So, I return to the house to hook up the trailer (my brother wanted to go with me..... I'm sure at my mother's insistance) while I waited on my brother to get ready. Trailer had two flats.... slow leakers... not unexpected. I aired them up a little with a 12-volt pump just enough to get to a station with air.
At the station, noticed the valve stems were dry rotted and air was leaking out of the sides of the stems almost faster than I could pump air into them.
Drop the trailer off at my brother's when I picked him up........ OK, no trailering it home if I want it. A big IF.....
Left much later than I wanted (11 am) but made the trip a couple hours late. Arrived around 3 pm. Inspected the car.......
decided I wanted it...... quite quickly. But what do I do???? No trailer
.... and worse..... NO MONEY!!!!
Western Union....... to the rescue. First place the machine was down... had to travel to another place.... clock is ticking..... After finally explaining what my intentions were, the clerks (foreign accent) finally assisted me through the process...
The transfer cost me $139
OK... car is paid for. Sign the title and bill of sale. Now, how do I get it home?
U-haul to the rescue.
For $80 I can rent a tow dolly one way. Sign me up, baby. Do the paperwork, etc.... and go out to hook it up and the U-haul dude won't let me have the tow dolly.
NO SOFT TOP VEHICLES CAN TOW ANY OF OUR PRODUCTS!!!!!!! I DRIVE A JEEP RUBICON UNLIMITED <<<<SOFT TOP>>>>
(Also no Ford Explorers.....)
What can I do???? It's 5 pm on a Sat. I know most places are closing. Dude says it doesn't matter, no one will rent to a soft top vehicle.
I'm weighing my choices..... go home 200 miles one way and come back tomorrow with another trailer ..... OR..... rent a U-haul truck with a tow dolly for about $250-$300 ???? I opt for the $250 rental. It's raining... it's been a very long and tiring day... I just want to get this thing over with and get home.
Guess what?????
One way truck and dolly is in Athens..... about an hour away. I say forget it. I'm tired, P.O.ed and am ready to tear somebody's head off. Just go home, relax, get a good night's sleep.... do it all again tomorrow. What's a 4 hour drive one way.... no problem.
So here I am, it's 11:45 pm.... I've been at this all day.... and I still don't have a Vega here. I'm beat... but I'm excited, too.
WHAT A DAY!!!!!
By the way...... did I mention this danged thing doesn't even run?
AAARRGGHHH!!!!