A: Howdy! Nice car! What seems to be the problem?
B: I don’t know! This stupid old car started spewing
white smoke and it just died on me. Luckily, I man-
aged to start it up and drive it here. What do you
think it is?
A: Not sure yet. How about you pop the hood and
we can take a look. Hmmm, it doesn’t look good.
B: What do you mean? My daddy gave me this car
for my birthday last month. It’s brand new!
A: Well missy, the white smoke that you saw is steam
from the radiator. You overheated your engine so
now the pistons are busted and so is your trans-
mission. You should have called us and we could
have towed you over here when your car died.
B: Ugh... So how long is this going to take? An hour?
A: I’m afraid a bit more than that. We need to or-
der the spare parts, take apart your electrical sys-
tem, fuel pump and engine and then put it back
together again. You are going to have to leave it
here for at least two weeks.
B: What! How am I supposed to get to school or go
shopping? This is not happening! |