This is the first time in my year and a half with the Mark that he's let me down. I don't blame it all on him though. I saw the warning signs and was just trying to limp him back home where he could sit comfortably in the garage till the surgeons could get to him.
I left my apartment around 10 last night with the girlfriend. (We planned on comeing back) I made it across the Poplar Street Bridge (For those of you who don't know St. Louis, this is the main bridge connecting Missouri to Illinois; about 1 - 1 1/2 miles long) Just on the Illinois side of the bridge the climate control followed by the ABS, then traction control, etc. zapped out.
I made it to the inside shoulder of the road where I called for a tow truck and the let the police know my situation. They sent out a IDOT truck to sit with me till my tow got there. The IDOT guy got there and really wanted to PUSH my car out of the way to an exit. Me don'ts thinks so. There was no way in hell I was going to let him push my car for a mile regardless that he reassured me the rubber bumpers wouldn't hurt my car. So he put flares up around my car and then he left. Way to stay with me till my tow got there.
My flatbed tow truck arrived about 25 min later and I was loaded up. We made the 20 mile trek back to the garage where he is sleeping right now with the vette and Trans Am. Peliminary diagnosis by the doctor actually looks good compared to what it could have been. The alternator seemed to check out fine and the battery was showing a very weak charge. I'm hopeing for a better reading on it as the day goes by.
For now the other Lincoln has picked up where the ill Lincoln left off. Tomorrow the Explorer will be on cargo duty as I'm helping the girlfriend move into the dorms. And by Monday, hopefully he'll be feeling good as new and will be well enough to take a sponge bath.
I left my apartment around 10 last night with the girlfriend. (We planned on comeing back) I made it across the Poplar Street Bridge (For those of you who don't know St. Louis, this is the main bridge connecting Missouri to Illinois; about 1 - 1 1/2 miles long) Just on the Illinois side of the bridge the climate control followed by the ABS, then traction control, etc. zapped out.
I made it to the inside shoulder of the road where I called for a tow truck and the let the police know my situation. They sent out a IDOT truck to sit with me till my tow got there. The IDOT guy got there and really wanted to PUSH my car out of the way to an exit. Me don'ts thinks so. There was no way in hell I was going to let him push my car for a mile regardless that he reassured me the rubber bumpers wouldn't hurt my car. So he put flares up around my car and then he left. Way to stay with me till my tow got there.
My flatbed tow truck arrived about 25 min later and I was loaded up. We made the 20 mile trek back to the garage where he is sleeping right now with the vette and Trans Am. Peliminary diagnosis by the doctor actually looks good compared to what it could have been. The alternator seemed to check out fine and the battery was showing a very weak charge. I'm hopeing for a better reading on it as the day goes by.
For now the other Lincoln has picked up where the ill Lincoln left off. Tomorrow the Explorer will be on cargo duty as I'm helping the girlfriend move into the dorms. And by Monday, hopefully he'll be feeling good as new and will be well enough to take a sponge bath.