That gurgling noise was the water pump leaking.
Recent Bluessky Posts- *Sigh* Florida *sigh*. Worth reading the thread although I couldn't bring myself to watch the video. July 4, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Celebrating July 4 by jetting back to the USA. That's the plan anyway. July 4, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell: Legal Pro Nora Freeman Engstrom & Aviv Caspi, Opening the Courthouse Door—or Just Lowering the Threshold? (reviewing Anand Shah & Joshua Levy, Access to Justice in the Age of AI: Evidence from U.S. Federal Courts (3/20/26) (unpublished manuscript)), legalpro.jotwell.com/opening-the-.... July 3, 2026 Jotwell
- This, by Lander, is great...and is worth everyone's time who cares about these issues. July 3, 2026 David Rothkopf
- Yet another action making the (private) University of Miami just up the road look good. July 3, 2026 Michael Froomkin
I bought a RAV4 last fall after spending $2000 on fuel tank repairs for my 2005 LeSabre in 2009 and replacing the transmission on the same car in 2008, at a cost of $4500. Fitzgerald Buick in Rockville wouldn’t even tell me what was wrong with the transmission, so I sent a nasty e-mail to Jack Fitzgerald and told him to kiss my ass, I’d never buy another GM vehicle. I rented a RAV4 in August to take my daughter to Atlanta, and I liked it. I talked to a mechanic after that who said his sister owned a RAV4, and had 225,000 miles on it. She replaced the transfer cases after 210,000 miles, but had done nothing else to it. At the time I bought the RAV4, consumer reports still rated it very high, at least equal to the Honda CRV. My RAV4 has a six cylinder engine and 4 wheel drive, XM radio, six-disk player, enhanced sound, bluetooth, and, most important, the strengthened suspension package for towing.