So, the car...

I took it to the garage last week to get a once over before taking it across the state.

The list of what they found:
Right lower ball joint is bad
Left Front and Right Rear tires are bad
Front Pads Low
Water Pump Leaking
Radiator leaking on the bottom
Exhaust Manifold cracked
Leaking oil from multiple areas
Head Gasket bad- causing over pressurizing of system and leading to other issues (like the leaking oil & coolant issues)

Metal in the overflow jug- probably from the water pump (which looks like it was replaced recently, and poorly).

Now some of this I can understand coming from regular wear and tear (like the tires and the brakes, and even the ball joint). But it takes work/active neglect for a Volvo to get this bad!

Initial estimate for repairs, providing nothing else goes wrong- $3000 (and it's not the garage trying to screw me over- they don't even do a number of the things on the list, like the head gasket).

I've sent a message to the previous owner to see if we can make some sort of arrangement. Not sure what though.

Needless to say, it's not leaving the Capital District until I sort out what's going on.

Email post test

Testing testing 1,2,3...

I want to see if/how this works.

phrase uttered by me at the lunch table at work today

"Not All Geeks are Ugly"

re: the amount of eye candy at work, and how a number of the guy geeks fall under that category (the originators of the conversation were looking over the ladies).