The oil warning light has appeared on my bike. As anyone with a clue about engines will tell you with wide staring eyes and manic pointing, the ‘oil warning light’ is a bit like finding a lump in your testicle, or in your tit if you’re a lady.
One of the reasons the Black Bitch was sold was because the oil warning light was flickering when she got hot in the city, Brutta’s light is permanently on. In one respect I’m beside myself with worry but on another, I’m being pragmatic, I’m employing my vast knowledge of motorcycles to think outside of the crankcase.
The telemetries on Brutta are digital affairs and so far the clock has had to be reset 4 times because it keeps randomly telling me the wrong time, in addition to this the flash relay that controls the indicators seem to have epilepsy. In short ‘Italian Electrics,’ every wiring loom comes free with ‘mamma mia!’ Being the pragmatist I am, I can’t say I’m surprised, I had a Ducati in my 20’s and the electrics on that were hilarious. Still a small part of me hoped that modernity might have ironed these things out. Anyway, I’d much rather it was an electrical glitch than something genuinely wrong with the lubrication system; such things have the ability to kill the engine stone dead… The oil is clearly visible in the sight glass, the engine sounds peachy and there is no smoke from the exhaust, I called my mechanic to make sure my instincts were pointing in the right direction and he suggested they were, still, it’s of mild concern. Actually I’m still bloody worried. Fuck my instincts.
I suppose it’s time to give you a flat update *groan* I’m supposed to be completing on Friday but estate agent and solicitor are both unsure if it’s going to happen whilst remaining grimly optimistic. As I have explained, if I do complete on Friday that’s it, done. If I don’t, I get my buyers deposit, a conscience and the fucking shit-hole goes back on the market. Obviously if/when I sell it the second time round I’ll have doubled my money, more than doubled as the value of my gaff has increased… I don’t want it though, I want out on Friday. I don’t want the (I-know-I-shouldn’t-feel) guilty conscience or the extra stress of it all. Having said that, if I sell early next year without too much fuss for an extra 10k I’m sure I won’t feel this way…
Anyway, at least my bike is… oh FUCK.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
STOP WITH THE GUILT.
You are worth it
*flicks hair*
But seriously though, I still struggle to comprehend why you feel guilty for being messed around? It is not like the non-vendor couldn’t have sorted all these things out and not stalled and stuff ages ago is it? I think you deserve the deposit AND more cash for the flat.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Thanks Mel, you’re quite right of course…
Just as well I didn’t let her move in after we’d exchaged isn’t it! Agent was saying, ‘oh, it’d be fine…’
November 10th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Yes, that was definitely a very good thing! It would have been troublesome to get her out. The whole thing seems a bit shady, if you ask me. Not that you were, of course.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Yes, something isn’t right is it…