Long Road Home.

Well, I got the call I had been waiting for this morning from the Oklahoma Tax Commission clerk that helped me yesterday. I immediately got the hearse insured with our State Farm agent and printed out the temporary insurance cards.

I headed down to the OTC building and the title was clean, as I was told and we proceeded with some finalizing details on some paperwork, and very pleasantly Jamie finished all but giving me my title. I didn't bring the car, so the title is on hold... I have to go to a tag agency to do a VIN inspection. So, I got my new license plate and tags and left feeling so glad I was so close to being done!

I did this all during a work day, so TOO excitedly I headed to work and asked the seller if I could get the car at that point. Well, the car was in between where I was and work, so it seemed perfect. I showed up only moments later and began getting her ready. Fluids were dumped in and we let her sit and run a while to charge up the battery.Not long after we were on the road! I was going to take her to the tag agency and then return to work. I took the service roads to be safe, but only a couple miles later, she broke down. Checked the radiator and sure enough it was cold: the thermostat went out. A good Sumerian stopped and kept me company, even after the seller and his brother came out to help me with water and tools. Whoever you are, dude, thanks a lot!!!!!! <3 I won't lie, I cannot stand when people see a hearse (similar body style to the Ecto-1 or not) and people bring it up or tell me I should convert my coach... but I couldn't help myself from thinking of Slimer when the antifreeze started leaking out from under it. Suppose it's just that pretty slimey looking green.

Got the thermostat out but doing so broke the gasket, so the drive to the shop was slow and required a lot of stops, but the seller followed me all the way there. The radiator was heating up, but because the lack of thermostat got overheated, and because of that broken gasket, the water was quickly turned to white, billowing steam that filled the cab to the point of no visibility. At one point a fire engine was sent out to us because someone thought that the car was rolling down the road on fire! I honestly must commend Truck E-16 for an AMAZING response time! We had barely broken down and they were out there! I just feel bad it was a false alarm and we wasted their time. They were very kind about it, though. <3

We finally got enough water in her from a gas station sink and made the last stretch to the shop without any further incident. My bestie Joe was kind enough to give me a ride to the nearest parts store. My best friend met us at the shop and took me to Auto Zone for the parts. Just a few minutes in the store and $35 later we had oil, antifreeze, and the brand new replacement thermostat and the gasket in tow.

As most of you know, the problem was minor and takes almost no effort. She was fixed in a matter of minutes and we had fun going over different components to make sure she could get home.
With some time we thought to put more gas in and she made it home just fine from our first adventure, save for the exhaust leak. The fumes billowed and my bestie that followed me home said that she looked like a beautiful beast that had just crawled out of hell. Fantastic. At least Persephone is living up to her name. I backed her up into our "alley" and called it a night.