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Anxiety Went Into Overdrive Regarding

Anxiety went into overdrive regarding... "check engine light" being on I desperately clutched (the Peanuts stuffed animal) Woodstock to help me absorb shock. What invisible agent provocateur née ghost in the machine sinister force hell bent to rob me of every red cent, whereby checking account incurred major dent (albeit figurative) required yearly vehicular ownership event. Unavoidable collision course with money woes does frankly zap proud owner of car will soon find her/himself on penniless track after salesperson (usually a man) intones memorized commercial spiel, and won't shut her/his yap until quota of cars sold guaranteeing bear hug wrap courtesy company president gifted bonus and vacation to escape, (albeit temporarily) rat race trap. Yours truly crafts (courtesy poetic license) mine trademark prevaricated write crowing, invoking, and lamenting malfunction advertises, enunciates, and intones game over (by Tracy Lauren Marrow, otherwise known as Iced-Tea), whose claim to fame 1. rapper round rhymes; 2. fleet (truckload) of motorized hot wheels (burning rubber) quite a fiery sight; 3. check engine light advertisement especially fluorescent hubcaps that glows (like the pulsating nose of Rudolph) at night. Most recent experience (mine) dealing with problematic "check engine light" tsuris, taught me helpful object lesson after bringing our 2009 Hyundai Sonata to Norm's Save Station (earlier today 8/24th, 2021) 551 Gravel Pike, Collegeville, PA 19426, which mechanic on duty informed me that within Pennsylvania said mechanical setback NEED NOT be troubleshot if car driven less than 5000 miles per year.

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