We dropped the Neon off at the garage this weekend and took a lot of hardware and tools back up there to work on the car over the next month. We got started quickly by checking off a few of the outstanding items on the list.

I switched the oil pan over to the steel one while Christine scraped the goo from stickers and tint off the windows. Then I managed to get the parking brake adjusted (and tested ). We finished off Saturday by flushing the coolant and filling the system with water and ‘water wetter’. Then we performed a quick oil change on the Malibu and headed home without the Neon. It’s nice to be able to work on larger projects and not worry about having it back together in time to go home. I can drop the exhaust and just leave it there. With day trips I would always worry about biting off more then I could chew.

Earlier on Saturday we made a good find at our local PepBoys. They had Quick Shade portable shelters on sale for $89. All metal construction, 10X10, and as beefy as any of the $300 ones I’ve seen. Here’s what Amazon is selling them for, along with the only on-line description I could find. I think it was a pretty good deal. We got all of our neighbors attention when we set it up in the common.