Alas, Poor Julie, I Knew Her

Today Julie the Benz went in to get her "check engine" light checked and it was sadly bad news. The check engine light actually was not a big deal. It's the engine thermostat. Which would be somewhere between $500 & $1000 to replace, I expect, with standard Benz markup. Irritatingly, this is the second time it's gone bad. The bigger problem is that I asked them to look at Julie's rough ride, which…