I am REALLY pissed off

And up until now, I was having a good day, until my brother comes back from running errands with my car and informs me that my transmission is going all wonky again a year after I had to get it fixed. Barely pushing the gas pedal makes it rev really high and it won't kick up into a higher gear. Last time it happened was on the way back from Minneapolis, and it took several months and about 2 grand to fix, so I am incredibly pissed off. It was fine when I went to work this morning, and fine on the way home, and now all of a sudden my car reeks of coolant and it's revving up like crazy again. I just got my oil changed and had a complete check-up yesterday, so I'm thinking maybe Jiffy Lube did something to fuck it up, but I don't know, and it's really freaking me out because I was supposed to go to Omaha in two weeks for a concert and I'll be really pissed off if I miss it.

This sucks.

:-( I hate car problems

My day was pretty sucky too. Sorry about your car - we pay so much for them, they shouldn't be able to break down!

I find few things more infuriating! I wish you luck!

Do you think if I lent that to you, you would feel better?

:spank:

how many miles did you put on your car in the last year? if its over 20,000 then you need to flush and change your transmission fluid.

there is a pretty good chance that this will fix your problem - it should run you only about $100.

sometimes gunk can collect in the trap near the differential gear, and will cause it to do "hard shifts". flushing the transmission fluid should take care of that.

also - WTF are you doing going to jiffy lube? find a small, local, trustworth garage, and then take all your car needs to them. ask friends and relatives who they use.

Or where?

The first seven years I lived in the Washington DC area I did without a car, and loved it. Next place I move to will again have good public transportation.

Hope your trouble gets fixed soon.

The garage should have given you a warranty of the transmission work for so many miles and they will have to fix what is wrong with your car for free.