Where's the Cool Air
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
Atlanta, Georgia
August 1, 2017 8:09pm CST
Yesterday we went to get freon in my car because the AC wasn't working well. We stopped at several places that you would think had freon. But no, they didn't carry it. One place we stopped had freon but said they didn't have the key to put it in my car. What that means I don't know. Another place we stopped would put it in for an outrageous price.
We finally went to a small garage where my better half had gone to get tires sometime ago. And they had the freon and put it in for a reasonable price. It seemed all was well. The car cooled and we were on our way home. But the steering wheel was hard to turn. It was late and the garage was closing, so my better half drove my car back down there this morning.
The mechanic looked under the hood and pulled a large rubber ring. I know nothing about cars but he showed us where it was worn almost through. He said we needed a new one before we could take the car out on the road. Long story short, a new ring was put in and the car now drives like a dream. Hopefully we wont have anymore car trouble this summer.
I don't believe I spelled freon correctly.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
2 Aug 17
Thats a good little car place huh Ruby?
Glad they were able to save the car.
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
2 Aug 17
Im glad its all fixed now. Fingers crossed for ya
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
2 Aug 17
@RubyHawk hope so cars are ridiculous
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
2 Aug 17
@Courtlynn Cars are too expensive to keep up and pay for insurance. But how do we get around without them?
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@GardenGerty (160612)
• United States
4 Aug 17
I think you have freon right. However my spell check says it needs a capital, go figure. Hubby recharges our cars himself. He buys what he needs at WalMart. The freon cans come with a gauge and I am not sure what else. Enjoy the cool. It is much better you caught the problem with the car rather than to have it break on you.
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Aug 17
Glad you got cool and that new whatsit in the car as well.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
2 Aug 17
I do hate car problems. Glad you got it all taken care of reasonable
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@Mamakdbug (20)
• United States
2 Aug 17
And this is one of the worst times to have car trouble especially with air, with how hot it's been, at least here it's been really hot. But it has tapered down just a little bit so that's nice. That and winter time because no one wants to get out in the cold to figure out what's going on with their car. If anything's going to happen I prefer it to be in Fall ha. You can bundle up in the winter really good and stay warm, but in the summer you can only bundle down so far! Ha :-)
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