“Look I’m not really a car guy. But that’s the sound of a car that doesn’t have long to live. It sounds like one of those screaming plants from Harry Potter. Looks like I’ll be getting the bus because I sure as hell can’t afford another car.”
Harry Aiman (20) isn’t much of a car guy. But he was very excited when he scraped together enough money to buy a cheap second hand Hyundai Excel.
It had been going ok on the whole, with only a few issues that his mechanic has had to sort out over the last year or so. But today, for no apparent reason, his car started screeching the most horrendous sound he’d ever heard. It sounded like hundreds of cockatoos in excruciating pain.
Harry explains his shock.
“It hasn’t stopped making that horrendous noise. Sounds like those bloody screaming plant things from Harry Potter. Sure. I’m not a car guy. But that is the sound of something dying a horrible, painful death. I’m bloody sure of it.”
Harry sounded emotional at the thought of losing his beloved little car. He was explaining how much he enjoyed the freedom of having his own car and that he was not looking forward to catching the bus, when he received a call from his best mate.
It was great news. His mate Steve explained that the car wasn’t dying, and it was just a fan belt issue. Steve explained that it can probably be pretty easily sorted, and that Harry should “calm his farm”.
Harry was stoked.
“Haha you beauty! The Little Engine That Could is back in action. But seriously how much of a wuss is my car! One little fan belt issue and it’s screaming like a bitch. Ps look at me. ‘Fan belt’. Maybe I am turning into a car guy. I even know some of the lingo.”
As he screeched off in search of a mechanic, somehow we don’t think he qualifies as a “car guy” just yet.