{"id":23,"date":"2004-09-04T00:48:29","date_gmt":"2004-09-04T00:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/2004\/09\/car-service-means-no-mac"},"modified":"2006-04-30T23:53:49","modified_gmt":"2006-04-30T23:53:49","slug":"car-service-means-no-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/2004\/09\/car-service-means-no-mac","title":{"rendered":"Car Service Means No Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning, I took my car in for a service. I thought it would just be a simple service \u2014 they’d change the oil, check the tires, clean the window, or whatever else they do for a normal service. But NO!<\/strong> It turns out I’ve blown the head gasket! I don’t really know what that is, but apparently it very serious, and caused oil to leak somewhere it shouldn’t have) I got a call from them letting me know how bad it was, and that it was going to cost anywhere from $800 to $1500 AUD<\/abbr>, which is quite a bit more expensive than the $90 service I was expecting. But what else should I expect when I’m driving around in an old Hyundai<\/a> Excel (1992 model). I know. They don’t really excel at anything, but that’s what they’re called<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

I had been saving up for, and planning to buy my first Mac soon. I was considering getting one of those new iMacs<\/a>, but now I have to continue using this old, slow and insecure Windows machine. I really wanted to get one \u2014 Macs seem to be the preferred system among web developers, and I really need access to Safari<\/a> so I can develop websites to work with it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

So, I had a big decision to make. Either I risk leaving the car until I can get back to Parkes where my brother can fix it for less (It’s very handy having a mechanic in the family); or I get it done here in Sydney, even though it may cost more but is probably better for the car. Either way, getting a Mac would have to wait till I can save up again, so I figured the risk wasn’t worth it and decided to get it fixed here. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to wait another few months before I get a Mac. Unless I get lucky and my boss decides to give a bonus for turning up to work on time<\/em>. ?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This morning, I took my car in for a service. I thought it would just be a simple service \u2014 they’d change the oil, check the tires, clean the window, or whatever else they do for a normal service. But NO! It turns out I’ve blown the head gasket! I don’t really know what that … Continue reading Car Service Means No Mac<\/span> →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}