my car started running rough out of the blue a couple of weeks ago. i had the oil and plugs/wires changed hoping that would take care of the problem, but it didnt.

someone else came to look at it today and the way the car sounded they were thinking maybe the wires had been placed wrong in replacing them.

no, that wasnt the problem.

they took it for a drive to see if they could figure out what it was and i started to do my normal scared thing, and begging God for whatever. but this time i just started thanking Him however it turned out. if it turned out the car was too expensive to fix and i ended up without one which in turn would knock out the couple of jobs i still have, sobeit. at some point it would turn around and be ok. then i asked God to give the guys wisdom in working on it.

i was cleaning the kitchen when this happened and they came in. they had just gone down to the country store to put gas-pretty expensive place to put gas with my tiny bit of money - but on leaving the car was running fine. i took it for a drive and 99% of the rough is gone. there are still a couple of minor problems but not any thing i need to worry about for now.


coincidence? nothing really wrong to begin with?

(now, as i sink into my paranoia. i remember when i started trying to be thankful and going down the freeway one time was thanking God i had never been in an accident. not long after someone hit me pretty much head on. )

whatever the case may be, thank you God.

teq! you do have a very healthy attitude! oxygen sensor or egr valve or fuel filter.

everything does work out for good tho!!!

i heard they might bring back the cash for clunkers program

david

the guys who looked at it are very knowledgeable, but thanks for the suggestions.

my car, for being a 91, has always gotten high marks by everyone who knows about such things. "clunker" was never a description. shouldnt assume, my brother.

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the guys who looked at it are very knowledgeable, but thanks for the suggestions.

my car, for being a 91, has always gotten high marks by everyone who knows about such things. "clunker" was never a description. shouldnt assume, my brother.

hey teq, here is what i ''assumed'' about your car. It is less than 25 years old. It runs. It gets a combined average mpg of 18 or less. You have owned it for at least a year.

well, that is a 'clunker' under the government program.



sorry if i offended you.

david

I'm in a weird mood so don't take this too seriously. (Unless you want to.)

First a story, supposedly from WW II but probably apocryphal. This pilot is flying a P-51 performance fighter in a dog fight. He manages to get the plane into a strange flat spin and can't get out of it. He is plunging rapidly to his death. He tries everything and nothing works. Finally, in desperation he prays "Dear God! Get me out of this and I'll give my life to you and become a minister!" Out of no where he gets the crazy idea of dropping the landing gear. Sure enough, it gets him out of the spin and the plane flies perfectly. The pilot looks up out of his canopy toward where he imagines God must be and says "Oh, never mind God, I figured it out!"

Flip side, a scene from Babylon 5 which I love. A line of dialog from G'Kar, a Narn who looks like a cross between a warrior and a lizard observes: "Prophecy is a guess that comes true. If it doesn't come true it is a metaphor."

"Go not to the elves for advice, for they will say both 'yes' and 'no'." -- Frodo, "The Fellowship of the Ring", JRR Tolkien

And if you wonder what that has to do with anything, so do I. If you figure it out let me know. I said I was in a weird mood.

Mark

Hi Teresa,

There are people who believe nothing is a coincidence, but I am not one of them. The Bible says that time and chance happen to all men. However, it also says that all things work together for good for those who love the Lord.

I am a firm believer that miracles happen to those who ask for them. I for one drove a van for 15 months and 12,000 miles after the shop told me my transmission was going out. Of course we prayed every time we drove it. It did not die until my husband had a better job with a sign on bonus, in a town that was two hours away from home.

Even more touching to us, it died on a Sabbath. The night before we had a serious prayer session with God asking Him to keep us safe and to show us where to find the best deal on another one. Our car could have broken down in any number of places where there was no one to help us but God allowed it to happen two blocks from the dealer that told us it was going out 15 months before.

There was no rental car open and when they saw it was the transmission they thought was going out 15 months before they were amazed! Needless to say although it was Sabbath and everyone we knew was in SS, we bought another van there. They took our info and gave us a loaner and we came back in three hours, bought the van we have now and it is the best deal we ever got on a car.

Legalists might freak out that we paid for it on Sabbath, but we had no other option at the time. God knows we don't prefer shopping on Sabbath. We knew no one in that town and on the way home, we drove down the coast with the most beautiful sunset praising God all the way home. It was like God was letting us know that He not only provided a safer better vehicle for us and kept us safe, but He gave us the most gorgeous sunset to remind us that it was all done in love and relationship is more important to Him than the mere keeping the legality of a commandment.

Jesus said to ask and it would be given, if we ask in faith. I believe you have faith Teresa and I think God wants to provide for you too. Think big and ask in detail and trust Him to supply your needs--whether it is to keep this car going or get a better one. Remember God has a thousand ways to provide that we have not even thought of yet!

God bless!

Cherie

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I'm in a weird mood so don't take this too seriously. (Unless you want to.)

First a story, supposedly from WW II but probably apocryphal. This pilot is flying a P-51 performance fighter in a dog fight. He manages to get the plane into a strange flat spin and can't get out of it. He is plunging rapidly to his death. He tries everything and nothing works. Finally, in desperation he prays "Dear God! Get me out of this and I'll give my life to you and become a minister!" Out of no where he gets the crazy idea of dropping the landing gear. Sure enough, it gets him out of the spin and the plane flies perfectly. The pilot looks up out of his canopy toward where he imagines God must be and says "Oh, never mind God, I figured it out!"

Flip side, a scene from Babylon 5 which I love. A line of dialog from G'Kar, a Narn who looks like a cross between a warrior and a lizard observes: "Prophecy is a guess that comes true. If it doesn't come true it is a metaphor."

"Go not to the elves for advice, for they will say both 'yes' and 'no'." -- Frodo, "The Fellowship of the Ring", JRR Tolkien

And if you wonder what that has to do with anything, so do I. If you figure it out let me know. I said I was in a weird mood.

Mark

ok

on the other hand i did like the pilot story. rather telling.

when i told the guy who changed the oil/plugs that it was still running rough he told me that it would take a few days for the oil to burn. but then i have a hard time understanding his spanish. have to say, if i understood him correctly, that ive never in my life heard that!

the car definitely needed an oil change, and the wires were apparently shot but the plugs were still ok.

the guys who "fixed" it think it may have just needed the engine "blown out". thats a possibility i wont deny, but in the four years ive had it ive never had to do that. tho, on occasion, i do get it to up to 75 or so. the way the car was sounding and running they thought the wires might have been crossed when replaced, but they couldnt find anything "wrong". they recommended taking it to a diagnostic, cant afford that.

hard to know. mostly i forgot the prayer, but it keeps trying to pop into my memory, so it makes one wonder.....

Quote by: Cherie

Hi Teresa,

There are people who believe nothing is a coincidence, but I am not one of them. The Bible says that time and chance happen to all men. However, it also says that all things work together for good for those who love the Lord.

I am a firm believer that miracles happen to those who ask for them. I for one drove a van for 15 months and 12,000 miles after the shop told me my transmission was going out. Of course we prayed every time we drove it. It did not die until my husband had a better job with a sign on bonus, in a town that was two hours away from home.
......

Jesus said to ask and it would be given, if we ask in faith. I believe you have faith Teresa and I think God wants to provide for you too. Think big and ask in detail and trust Him to supply your needs--whether it is to keep this car going or get a better one. Remember God has a thousand ways to provide that we have not even thought of yet!

yes, i have several of my own stories, plus stories of others about "coincidences". how the car, or whatever, just "happened" to....

my car has gotten nothing but high marks by "mechanics" and "guys" really like it, so the only reason it would go is because i cant afford to fix whatever the problem might be, like a trany, but for the same reason im not able to buy another vehicle either right now. im barely making my bills and my bank keeps taking money lately that i cant figure out what for.

im a "scared" type of person. you know, the skys falling. given my thoughts im tending to think the Lord is letting me hit really low so i can get in the habit of being thankful even when its really bad, instead of scared and tense. have to say it sure do feel better, being thankful than it does being scared and thinking im heading for the street.

Hi T,


I had occasional problems with my Tacoma (nothing too serious, just hard to start a few times) until I changed gasoline.

I buy a higher grade and all is well.

Glad your car is running well again!


-Stacie

my 28 year old car makes a real loud knocking sound and smoke comes out the tail pipe and it doesnt have the power it used to at all. I'm praying that will eventually all go away....before we go on our cross country trip.

david