I biked the 7 miles to get my car this morning in only 30 minutes, though by the end of it I was getting tired and committing that oh-so-grievous sin of bike riding, thinking like a car. And you know what THAT means: stopping at red lights, going the right way on streets, no sidewalks. So I took even longer than I had to.

And I got the car back, after a tidy sum of money, let me tell you. They replaced the front transmission seal and the rear engine seal, which is a heckuvalot of labor. I would have done it myself but... it was a heckuvalot of labor. Probably would have taken me 2-3 days, by myself, and been rough. And I've got things to do right now, let me tell you.

But anyways, now the car has more power than it ever has had before -- but it also revs high. I think perhaps the overdrive solenoid didn't get hooked up or something, because it's not kicking down out of fourth (I think). It's probably getting terrible gas mileage too, but oh well. I'll take a look at it soon. Maybe it's just better because the whole system's tight-as-glue now. I dunno.

But I can make the rear end bump and shake at 75 mph @ 4,000 rpm, accelerating uphill. And that's quite something, ladies and gentlemen, for a 15 year old, 4-cylinder Volvo.