方向盘被调正的同时，修车的人又告诉我struts坏了（不会开车的妈妈根据我对struts的描述，告诉我struts可能是减震器），coolant漏了。然后由于struts坏了，后胎磨损很大，需要换掉。大概费用，按顺序就是500＋500＋150。我抠的很，又不想啥都不干，就捡了个小头。可是上上个星期五，我开车去接scorp，scorp看到我和车，就笑嘻嘻的招呼我下车。我一下车，五感交杂的发现，右后轮坏了。那是个好天，于是我们自己折腾千斤顶，备胎等等，但也只是过家家而已，我最终还是开着三个轮子回去了。AAA的会费也不是白交的，这次还动作特别迅速，半小时之内就来到家门口换上了备胎。

但之后，心里很是不安，难道struts坏了，就那么快能把车轮整坏，还是个新的？打电话咨询了爸爸半天，爸爸说不可能，还和我说小镇上的司机可是都得把轱辘开得没个型了，哪管那减震器。可是不管怎样，轮胎坏了，爸爸也只能说如果是新轮胎，保证不可能是由于减震器的缘故坏的。于是上周六，我开着三个大轮子一个小轮子去了修车的地（我始终不明白为啥备胎就要小一号，scorp说那是免得你懒得换，那就没备胎用了）。我没去家门口的修车场换，因为还想着去上次换轮胎的地方去讨点公道，为何一缸油都还没用完，一个新轮胎就报销了。路上闯了个黄灯，scorp还说我怎么开着小轮子，反而威风了些。

到了修车场，和修车的一说，他也愣坏了，说要看看车。他一看，说这车胎是旧的呀，我说怎么可能，分明换了新的，还去拿收据。修车的却已经看了眼前轮，说上次是换轮胎了，但是是把新轮子放在了前面，把前面的两个旧轮子替换了后面的两个旧轮子。虽然又证明我是个车盲，但也至少说明新轮子不会那么快报销，我还能再折腾这车一段时间。

scorp还和我说，去年什么时候有一次换轮胎，好像就曾说过，如果是新换的轮胎，总习惯放到前轮，而不管是前轮还是后轮坏了。我也丝毫没有印象。这车呀，就这么折腾的开着吧。

BTW，有几款相中的车，主要是compact wagon，有Ford Focus，Volkswagon Golf/Rabbit…

Solution: Screw the bump to the car body
Expense: $0
Mechanic: David (Gino’s Auto Body Shop）

Reinspection: Passed

As you see, that’s why I am recommending Gino’s Auto Body Shop. Actually, the Gino’s is pretty popular here and folks told me usually it would take a month to wait after the appointment. So I just went there for an estimate of costs (fortunately, you don’t have to wait just for estimate) and I wanted to decide whether to keep our old Taurus any longer, have it fixed or buy another one. After the nice mechanic took a look at it and made sure all I wanted was to pass the inspection, he just let me wait for a few minutes and had the bump screwed. I wanted to show some appreciation then, but he simply said to me that, ‘it is free and just come to us if you have other problems’. So I would like to advertise the body shop here and in the last post I showed their right position in the map.

Now, let me say something about our car. This is the 2nd time for it to pass the bi-annual auto inspection. Last time, it failed the 1st time too with a little brake problem. But otherwise, I think it was a good car back then. Now, my ford Taurus is aging: first, I am now becoming unease to be the first one at the red-light line even with a V-6 3.2L engine, as my car doesn’t speed up as quickly as it used to be; second, for some reason, the coolant is also easily gone and I have to refill it more frequently; third, it produces much louder noise now. But I don’t want to buy another car now and have to go to the inspection and I need it to pass. Interestingly, eexcept the bump, other problems didn’t catch inspectors’ attention. Anyway, the life of our Taurus now will be stretched for another 2 years. I hope by then, there will be some nice cars in the market alternative to those jp cars.