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Good foggy morning!

My Tuesday started out with an allergy appointment. I give myself shots and see him once a year. He thinks a lot of my issues may be due to all the smoke from the western fires.

Then my "check engine" light came on. I have driven this 2001 Outback for ages with very few issues. So called my mechanic and he said come on over and he will check to see what code is showing. As I pulled in there my left front tire went flat.

As my anxiety level is at "orange" most days anyway I was surprised that I did not fly apart. Made an appointment to get an EGR valve replaced, and we aired up the tire which went flat instantly (broken valve stem). The tire store is right around the corner so he aired it up again, jammed cardboard in to at least hold air temporarily and I zoomed to the tire store (with no appointment). My son was able to pick me up and run me home. I fully expected to have to replace the tire which means two tires at least on AWD.

SO I'm already assuming $500 or more. As well when we popped the hood at the mechanic, the battery looked awful and turns out it is 6 years old and should be replaced. So I asked if they could do that too if needed.

Well!! About an hour and a half later hey called and not only did they fix the tire, the battery was fine. They cleaned it and checked how well it was working and the whole thing cost me $25!

Some little bitta good news there.