
車に関する悪夢のような体験。。。。
車がある月曜日に壊れました。。 なんかその車、調子が悪い気がしてたんです。
会社の後、高速運転中、ガタンという音がして、明らかにスピードが落ちた。そしてエンジンランプが点灯。。
かろうじて動いていたけど、アクセルをどんだけ踏んでもスピードは、ニュートラルに入れているみたいな感じで変わらない。
I had a bad experience with my car and it was a nightmare.
My car broke down one Monday. I had felt that something was not right with the car.
While driving on the freeway after work, I heard the car make a clunking noise , and it obviously started to slow down. Also, the engine light was on.
It was barely moved, but no matter how much the accelerator was pushed , it was not speeded up like a neutral position.
ラッキーだったのは、目的地のすごく近くで、この事件が起こったこと。
この日は英語のTutor(個人教師)に会うことになっていて、そのTutorが待っているところまでかろうじて車は動いてくれました。
車を止めて、エンジンを切った後は、何度エンジンをONしても二度と動いてくれず。。
エンジンはかかるけど、ギアが入らない。前にも後ろにも動かない。
The lucky part was that it the place the car broke down at was pretty close to my destination.
I was supposed to see my English tutor at that time. So, somehow the car was moved to the place that my tutor was in.
I parked it and turned off the engine. After that, no matter how many times the engine was turned on, the car never moved...
The engine could be on, but the gears didn't worked. It didn't go either forward or backward.
その場所は家から遠いところだったので、私は何していいかわからず(;一_一)
Tutorが保険会社に電話してくれ、レッカーの手配をしてくれました。
レッカーで私の家の近くの修理屋に持って行ってもらい、Tutorが家まで送ってくれました。
もし彼がいてなくて、これが高速の上で起こってたら、私は何もできなかっただろうなあ。
The place was far from my house, so I didn't know what to do...
My tutor called my insurance company and took care of the towing company.
The car was pulled to a repair shop close to my house by the tow truck, and he took me to my house.
If he had not been there, and if the accident had been on the freeway, I could not have done anything.
修理屋ではトランスミッションの交換の修理代が2100ドルもかかると言われた。
たっかーーーい!!(+o+)
既にこの車の修理にこれまでに4000ドル以上使ってたので、修理せず、この車、もうどっかにやりたかった。
Based on the quote from the repair shop, the price to fix it was $2100 to replace the transmission.
Too expensive ---!!(+o+)
I’d already paid more than $4000 to fix the car so far, so I really wanted to let the bad car go without getting it fixed.
友達や同僚からいろんな意見。
「2100ドルって高すぎやろ。修理屋変えたら?」
「別に壊れたままでも売れるから、新しいの買いなよ」 などなど
で、新しい車を探しはじめようとしたけど、この古い車は直すべきかそうでないのか決めかねていました。
Many suggestions were given by my friends and colleagues.
"$2100 was too much, you should change the repair shop!"
"Your car could be sold even while it’s broke down, so get a new car!"
etc..
I started to try to get a new car but I could not make a decision whether or not I should get the old car fixed.
このアクシデントの翌日から、不便な生活がスタート。
知っての通りミシガン、公共交通機関がゼロなので車なしでどこにも行けません。
自転車使ったら?と思うかもしれないが、歩道も殆どなくて、それも無理。
From the day after the day of the accident, my inconvenient life started.
As you might know about Michigan, people can't do anything without cars because of no public transportation.
You might think we can use bikes, but we cannot do that because there are very few pathways.
毎朝通勤は、すーさんが会社に行くときに、私の会社によっておとしていき、
仕事が終わったら、同僚が家まで連れて帰ってくれました。
で、家に帰った後は、言うた通り車がないので、外にはそんなにいけない。
私は家にいてお裁縫も料理も好きだけど、外に行けなくて家にいないといけないというのとは意味が違う。
When I went to the office every morning, Su-san dropped me off at my office on the way to his office. When I got off work, a colleague took me to my house.
After I was back home, I didn't go outside so much because like I said I didn't have a car.
I like staying in my house and I like sewing and cooking, but it's a different meaning if I can't go outside and have to stay in my house..

アクシデントが起きたのは月曜で、火曜から金曜はこの状態が続きました。
おっと私、外をランニングはしたなあ。外でできる唯一のことは走ることだけ(笑)( ^)o(^ )
写真はこの期間に作ったかばんの1部。 裁縫の時間たっぷりあったし~~

The accident happened on Monday. From Tuesday to Friday, the situation continued.
Upps, I could run outside though. The only thing I could do outside was running. hahaha( ^)o(^ )
They are pictures of purses I made during this time. hahaha I have many time to sew-
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To be continued..