Unsuccessful Vehicle Swap

This afternoon after I got off work, Lisa and I saddled up in the Rolling Stone and went to Reno to swap the RV for the minivan, which they reported had been repaired. There was some confusion about them taking the RV — they seemed to think I meant a gigantic Madden-cruiser bus and they won't work on those, but when they saw it, they agreed it was just a big van. I paid the $764, we traded keys, and Lisa and I set off on other errands.

( AC Full of Hot Air )

The shop also confirmed what we feared regarding the roar coming from the Rolling Stone — someone had stolen our catalytic converter. They sawed it right off, probably for the valuable metal it contains, not for the part itself. We speculate that this might have happened while we were away at Worldcon, as they would have had an entire month to do it. We'll deal with trying to get that replaced at an exhaust system specialty shop after we deal with the air conditioning system issues on both the Astro and the RV.