Ouch

As I mentioned, when we finally got the Astro from the air conditioning repair shop, we traded them the Rolling Stone, as its AC was also shot. The initial estimate was similar to the Astro's. Today, however, they called me back to tell me the bad news: as they started working on it, they found lots of little bits of metal in the pipes, which was an indication that the system was more or less shredding itself. Replacing the compressor and all of the other affected hardware is a lot of parts and a lot of labor. The new total estimate is $2900.

They started talking about rushing things to get it out sooner, and I told them to do the opposite. I don't need the RV just now, an I'm leaving for Tonopah a week from tomorrow for a trip that will keep me away for more than a week. So they can make this a low-priority job and take their time with it. If they need to set it aside for a more urgent task, they should do so. In particular, I don't want them to charge me for storage, which their signs say they will for vehicles left with them for too long. They seemed okay with that, so I don't expect to have to deal with this until after we get back from Tonopah.

My credit card is starting to glow in the dark. On the up side, that's more Amtrak points for future train trips.