My hybrid Honda broke-down and left me stranded for the first time. At 177,394 miles, the water-pump apparently locked up. Without warning, I heard a loud pop and something smelled like burning metal. And then smoke and vapor shot out of the area where the water pump is.
I was near my office, so after it cooled down, I tried to drive it, but the transmission didn't seem to work. I had to push the car about 8 city blocks to my office to get it to a safe place. That would have been easy, because this car isn't much heavier than a large motorcycle, but pushing and steering at the same time is not much fun, and I was out of shape. I hope I didn't destroy the belt-driven transmission or damage the motor. It is going to be sitting up for probably several months, if not longer. It is now officially for sale. Any takers? I still owe almost 8 grand on it. On the hybrid news front, the 2007 model of hybrid Civic is supposed to have a more efficient electric motor, as they claim they have squeezed more copper coils into it. I still haven't seen the hybrid Mercury Mariner. Has anybody seen one? David Locklear _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list [email protected] http://texascavers.com/mailman/listinfo/texascavers_texascavers.com
