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A/l/l/ Oil Change
Jan. 7th, 2022 05:44 pmThe Astro was overdue for an oil change after our Loscon/Westercon and Emeryville/San Jose trips. While I wasn't looking forward to another trip to Reno, it was likely to be warmer today than it will be next week, so I decided to go deal with it after work today.
What's described as a "fast moving winter storm" is moving this way, and that meant fighting a lot of wind through the Truckee River canyon and also being blown around a bit in the parking lot at Jiffy Lube.
To avoid having to sit in the inside waiting room at Jiffy Lube, after I handed the vehicle off to them, I ordered a coffee from Starbucks and walked across the (long) parking lot... where I discovered that the store from which I thought I'd bought the coffee was closed and I'd actually purchased it from a different store. Fortunately, in just a few minutes after I got back across the lot, they were done with my van. I paid for the service and drove to the store from which I'd actually bought the coffee, which was still warm, so that's okay.
Regular service like this is why I've been able to keep driving this van for so long.
What's described as a "fast moving winter storm" is moving this way, and that meant fighting a lot of wind through the Truckee River canyon and also being blown around a bit in the parking lot at Jiffy Lube.
To avoid having to sit in the inside waiting room at Jiffy Lube, after I handed the vehicle off to them, I ordered a coffee from Starbucks and walked across the (long) parking lot... where I discovered that the store from which I thought I'd bought the coffee was closed and I'd actually purchased it from a different store. Fortunately, in just a few minutes after I got back across the lot, they were done with my van. I paid for the service and drove to the store from which I'd actually bought the coffee, which was still warm, so that's okay.
Regular service like this is why I've been able to keep driving this van for so long.
