About 5 years ago, driving home from the Iola Old Car Show in Wisconsin, my power steering belt decided it was time to self destruct about halfway home (about another 125 miles to home).
Now we all know you can drive a car without power steering, so it really wasn't that big a deal.
However, the route I was taking was all back roads that were something like snake trails. Add to that, the heat and humidity that Sunday in July was way above normal.
Black vinyl interior is not your friend in that type of weather.
When we finally made it home, we peeled ourselves out of the bucket seats, left everything in the car, took showers and then relaxed in air conditioned comfort for about 2 hours.
Properly refreshed, we went out to the shed and unloaded. Monday morning I bought new alternator and power steering belts and installed...
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