Postcards from the Imagination

For the past few weeks it's been making a godawful squealing noise that gets worse when I brake. The only thing like it I've ever heard was a bad caliper that effed up the rotor and cost $500+ to replace. I shouldn't even be driving the car, but it's been my only transportation back and forth to work. Tonight, however, I have to drive down to Connecticut to drop my daughter off with her dad. I considered renting a car, and might still if at day's end it's the only option. But first I'm going to take the car into the shop and see if by some miracle it's a problem I can afford to fix. So if you'd all join with me in thinking worn brake pad, worn brake pad or pebble caught between pad and rotor, I'd really appreciate it. ;-)

UPDATE: Horray for the power of positive thinking! All she needed was pads and rotors in the front. Only set me back $133 after the $25 off coupon I received in yesterday's mail. And while that $133 is going to hurt pretty bad if someone doesn't call me back with a job in the next day or two, it's truly the best case scenario. Such happy silence we drove home in today!