Progress continues on getting this camper ready to camp. We have been working towards get the Jeep fixed up, and are making our final packing preparations!
I’ve ranted a number of times about car places and mechanics, and how they all charge you a ton of money, but don’t actually do anything useful. Well… now I get to add another notch on that cynical little bedpost of my life.
Noelle’s Jeep needs some lovin; the brakes are squeaking, the rear pads are like 85% worn through, the rotors are rusted to hell from the salty roads of the northern frontier from whence we came (Chicagoland). It hesitates to start when warm, and definitely needs a new battery. We also wanted to get the electronic brake controller installed to run the trailer brakes. So I looked up a highly rated shop in our vicinity, and dropped it off to get some fixin done to it.
Two days later, I go back to get the Jeep. I see the mechanic pull up, and immediately notice a jumble of wires in the back – they had just zip-tied the new 7 pin electrical connector to the back of the car… OK, so I ask the guy if he thinks that is acceptable, and he agrees to add the bracket that is supposed to hold the connector – great…
As we continue to drive the car on Saturday, I notice that the brakes still squeak, and the car still starts rough sometimes after its warm – sweet. So $800 bucks got me absolutely nothing? It’s cool though, just make that one more time I am completely and utterly let down by a car place and car people!
We did make a lot of progress in getting this camper ready for the road. We finished cleaning out the inside, and started loading it back up with our stuff. We’ll be on the road soon enough.
We need the necessary books.
This beast wanted to hang out for a bit.
I added the bug screen over the AC hole.
I guess we have a lot of junk!
Compared to the VW, and the other campers we have looked at, this thing seems huge! We should have plenty of space for all of the necessary accessories.
We plan on leaving tomorrow morning – if nothing else goes wrong of course!
