Always something...:( The car and the Chinese graduation suit...

So...I'm worried!

My daughters car broke down! We had to have it towed home last Sunday from Mayaguez! It konked out in a really scary lonely place which we happened to be passing by, and it was raining and my sons were in San Juan, so we called my grandson and he came and tried to start it in the rain and basically kept us company till the tow truck came! We've been working on that situation all week, but  it was Holy Thursday and Holy Friday, everything's closed, today too so, she's been going to work with co-workers...

Anyway right then and there, because my daughter is doing her masters now and sometimes gets out late, while we didn't like the idea of her buying a brand new car, that's a stone around ones neck, and she has so many other things she's paying, BUT she needs to be safe! We both need to have the mental and physical security of a new car that (even though new cars break down too) she can depend on!

We thought it was a caliper, so on Monday my son came down from San Juan and went with my daughter to buy one and a local mechanic installed it, but the problem continued and worsened, brakes caught fire xD.  So he said it's prolly the anti-lock brake system and he doesn't fix those. She then called Pep Boys and explained, and they said that YES they did fix that, so she had it towed by the same tower, a wonderful kind older gentleman, to Pep Boys. Hours later when my son called  (because they didn't even have the courtesy to call her back), they said that it seemed to be the anti-lock system and that NO they did not fix that, and she would have to take it to a Toyota dealership, Bastards! So she had to have it towed back home again. She made an appointment for Thursday, which was the soonest they could see it, to have the car towed again to the dealership, which would make four (4) tows, we feel like the tow guy is family already xD!

So everybody's telling her they charge an arm and a leg at the dealership, so yesterday we made the rounds of local electro-mechanics (2), but problem is on this island there are plenty of what we lovingly call 'mecanicos adivinadores', guesser mechanics :), they know what it is, yes indeed they know exactly what it is!, they tear the car apart and then oops, they suddenly don't know what it is! much less where to get the parts!

Personally I think at the Toyota dealership,  whatever they charge, they can get the parts and it's guaranteed.  It seems to be a modem or computer of sorts, I dunno, and according to everyone costs a couple thousand $$$, if it is that, because it might be something more simple, who knows, God willing, please God...but she's at their mercy... but if it is that modem, she doesn't have the money at this time, so she said she'll pay for the diagnosis and have the car towed (fifth time) back home again, and she will begin looking to buy a new one.

So, yesterday we got up bright and early, I called a couple car rentals, so she could rent a car, finally found one, the last one left, 'cause that's another thing around here the car renting is slim, so she can go to work and start making the rounds of the dealers to see about buying a car...

 Okay, so that's that, BUT also my grandson will graduate from high school this coming June. We will be giving him a couple bucks to help with the graduation expenses, but he had told us he didn't want to rent a tux, that he thought it would be better to buy a cheap suit that he could keep, so he insisted and we went to Amazon and saw a couple of cheap suits. The one he wanted was one from a company named, believe it or not MAGA Male, just like that, all capital letters lololol,  I know right, but it's Chinese, anyway they don't ship to here, so we went with the next best thing, a suit from another company called YFFUSHI , a Navy Blue three piece tux suit all of $75.00 plus shipping, and the reviews were actually pretty good. BUT the sizing! According to the chart, cause he's pretty slim and likes his clothes tight fitting, so according to their chart and his measurements it would be an XS (extra small). It will be here this week, and I'm like having nightmares about his suit. But I'm hopeful, ever hopeful that's my motto...;D

If it's too small, it will be a loss cause I think it's more expensive to send it back than to just keep it. But I will def ,def post pics, at least w'all can have a good laugh! Here's the link...

https://www.amazon.com/YFFUSHI-Piece-Button-Blazer-Trousers/dp/B071LLSDTG/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1522591074&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=yffushi%2Bmen%27s%2Bslim%2Bfit%2B3%2Bpiece%2Btux%2Bsuit%2Bone%2Bbutton%2Bblazer&th=1&psc=1

oh well... c'est la vi!