What did transpire yesterday is that after Joe and I did our once-in-a-blue-moon evening workout session he realized that he needed to go to the medical clinic on post. I won't go into the details here of why, but I will say it wasn't life-threatening but was something he needed to talk to a doctor about right away. He had more tests done today and is now on antibiotics.
I of course went with him to the medical clinic and on the way home afterwards thought as we left the parking lot that it would be the perfect (sarcasm) way to end this evening if our car broke down on the way home. As I drove I thought I heard a strange rattling sound coming from under the hood, and asked Joe if he heard it, but he didn't think much of it. About 5 minutes later I thought I detected a burning smell, but figured that we were in South Korea and who knows what that smell could be at this time of year. A minute or two later I mentioned it to Joe and he was smart enough to look at the temperature gauge on the car. Needless to say, the needle was at the very top of the temperature gauge and the car was seriously overheating. I parked the car in the nearest parking lot while Joe called a taxi to pick us up and take us the rest of the way home.
Joe's Korean mechanic came about 1.5 hours later to pick up the car. This man is awesome. What mechanic in the states would come out at 10:30 pm to pick a car up? We are still waiting to hear back from the mechanic and find out what is wrong and how much it will cost to fix. Depending on the problem, it may be cheaper for us to buy a different car here. So much for my previous post saying that our car here is the perfect car for us.
Dear BMW M3, Joe misses you a lot!
Overheating problems, hm? Depending on the problem, you may be able to get another year out of your car by driving with the heat on full whenever the temperature-gauge needle starts going up. Not that I would know anything about that... (ahem.) (Though I will add that the only reason we put up with it for another year is that we wanted a vehicle that would be more than very temporary.)
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