Oh yeah, the car is doing well

It totally slipped my mind until I got a IM from an ol’ high school friend to update about the car… it’s like new – yeah! It had multiple problems that, when added on top of each other, gave the impression of a faulty bearing and steering column issues like we had back in 2004, but instead we had three separate issues. First off, forgive my extrememly shallow knowledge on the subject as I majored in clarinet in college, not vehicle mechanics.

The horrible steering wheel vibrations and clunka-clunka noise (apparently more noticeable from the back seat) were due to old tires. Go figure. We hadn’t replaced the tires since we bought the car [a long time ago] so we had no idea how old the tires really were. They were separating from the wheel or something technical like that. The screeching metallic “dragging chains” sound was ultimately caused by a broken boot to one of the front CV axles. All the lubrication had disappeared (because the boot was broken) and it was “metal against metal” so we got a new CV axle on that side (don’t know which side that side is)… and lastly the brakes were bad, so the car got a brake job on top of all the other stuff.

So there ya go, thanks to Travis for asking!