I'm just posting b/c I'm very proud of myself! After moron backed into me the other day, my car almost overheated on the way home. I ended up having to squirt water out of my camelbak into the radiator reservoir on the side of the highway to ensure I'd make it over the mountains. Added more water to the radiator when I got home to see if the radiator was actually leaking or was just coincidentally remarkably low.

Well, after adding all kinds of icky water and finding out that it wasn't leaking, I determined that I probably ought to drain the fluid and replace - especially since I had no idea what the coolant to water ratio was at this point. The car repair place charges a fortune to do this (they flush the system, but I didn't think that was really necessary) so I wanted to see if I could do it instead.

Today I bike commuted to ensure that the car would be cool when I got home, and I drained and refilled the coolant all by myself As a kid, my dad did all of the car maintenance, but he was such a perfectionist that I couldn't even manage to hold the tools right, much less learn anything. So this is the first real thing I've ever "fixed" on my car! (I can't change the oil b/c my car sits too low - we used ramps when I was still near home).

Time for ice cream!!