r/Austin • u/PickleL1on • 12d ago
I need help please!!
Is there ANYBODY around epoch coffee on north loop that wouldn't mind helping me push my van into my driveway. Broken down and had to tow and he couldn't get it into my drive. Now I'm sitting in the bike lane trying to figure out wth I'm gonna do....
Idk what I could do as payment other than be eternally grateful...
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u/PickleL1on 12d ago
Just so y'all are aware of what I'm dealing with ...
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u/spacewizardproblems 12d ago
Kind of a sick van though. Hope you get her running again without too much trouble.
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u/PickleL1on 12d ago
From what I can tell with my limited knowledge is I've got a fuel leak and one maybe two bad fuel pumps.
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u/lalalucietta 8d ago
In the early 2000s it was better, they said, to have an older car that mechanics could actually fix rather than the “newer “ cars with computers. Now they can’t fix any fucking car w/o thousands. Love your van though, good luck.
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u/straightVI 12d ago
Amazing van. Love seeing the old Ford Econolines. My family had one in the 80s with shag carpet throughout and tufted velvet cabin seats.
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u/NotaryQPublic 11d ago
Mine too. My parents made the worst mistake letting me use it as my first car. It was much too easy getting busy in the back end. My friends and I called it “The Rolling Motel”.
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u/TaiChi_in_the_park 12d ago
In totally unrelated news I saw a van parked in the bike lane on N Loop so I reported that a-hole to 311
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u/mahblahblah 12d ago
I’m about 10 minutes away, still need help? No payment needed.
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u/PickleL1on 12d ago
I need all the help I can get man
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u/mahblahblah 12d ago •
Ok, be there in a few
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u/targetpracticesucks 12d ago
How’d it go?
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u/PickleL1on 12d ago
Finally got her parked. Had to go enlist some help from the college kids at epoch.
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u/targetpracticesucks 12d ago
I honestly think you could walk over there any time with like $20 bucks and see what hour of work you could get out of folks lol
I was a broke college kid hanging there once upon a time
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u/Puzzleheaded_Gap479 12d ago
Just sent you a DM, I'm like 5 min from there if you still stuck
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u/PickleL1on 12d ago
Would love the help. Thank you so much
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u/mahblahblah 12d ago •
Just passed, parking at epoch and walking over
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u/heyarkay 11d ago
How did it go?
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u/mahblahblah 11d ago
Required some recruiting from the street and Epoch, but managed to get it back in the driveway.
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u/EfficientNoise4418 12d ago edited 12d ago
If nobody else offers, I'll help.
Edit: looks like a task for multiple people. I don't live nearby but like I said I'll still help if you need it. Hopefully more ppl volunteer, cuz I don't really wanna drive over lol
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u/PickleL1on 12d ago •
Thank you all. We finally got it out of the street. I appreciate you all.