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Family get together update.
4 years ago
Quite a few of my family members have tested positive for Covid. No one is particularly sick due to vaccination in the older people and robust health in the kids. Still, it goes to show that if you hang around an infected person a lot you may get it even if you're vaccinated. It probably won't hurt you much, but you aren't immune to getting it.
The catalytic converter theft was a roller coaster. The dealer told me the things were just not available and the car would be out of service for months. Then they found an aftermarket source. Then it turned out there was additional damage to the pipes and they still couldn't fix it for months. I bought the CC and the oxygen sensors that were also stolen and went to a muffler shop...and the shop promptly said it was the wrong CC even though the dealership and auto parts store was sure it was fine. Then it turned out the muffler shop had an appropriate CC and it was half the price of the other one. When all was said and done my car got fixed in a week and I actually made a profit due to the insurance payout being based on the dealership estimate.
But I still have to have the car inspected due to the new CC, and the place I have to go is an hour and a half away. This CC theft is the gift that keeps on giving.
The catalytic converter theft was a roller coaster. The dealer told me the things were just not available and the car would be out of service for months. Then they found an aftermarket source. Then it turned out there was additional damage to the pipes and they still couldn't fix it for months. I bought the CC and the oxygen sensors that were also stolen and went to a muffler shop...and the shop promptly said it was the wrong CC even though the dealership and auto parts store was sure it was fine. Then it turned out the muffler shop had an appropriate CC and it was half the price of the other one. When all was said and done my car got fixed in a week and I actually made a profit due to the insurance payout being based on the dealership estimate.
But I still have to have the car inspected due to the new CC, and the place I have to go is an hour and a half away. This CC theft is the gift that keeps on giving.
And that whole thing with the CC sounds like a giant goose chase - but at least you got the goose out of it in the end.
And even if you do catch it despite those odds, the risk of you ending up hospitalized is less than 5%, and risk of death is less than 0.01%.
Contrast that with no vaccines and no masks, you're pretty much more 100% likely to catch it given enough exposure.