After a few days of vacation, I went to visit my aunt in another town. The place where she lives is hard to reach and has no cell or GPS signal. The trip was amazing, but...

My return home was a complete disaster! I get into the car and put on my red lipstick to match my top and my hair. I’m feeling gorgeous today!

the car took a long time to start, and I could already tell something was wrong. But I managed to get it going. On my way back, I got lost, turning onto several roads that led nowhere, and I kept having to turn around to keep searching for a way out.

Meanw...

After a few days of vacation, I went to visit my aunt in another town. The place where she lives is hard to reach and has no cell or GPS signal. The trip was amazing, but...

My return home was a complete disaster! I get into the car and put on my red lipstick to match my top and my hair. I’m feeling gorgeous today!

the car took a long time to start, and I could already tell something was wrong. But I managed to get it going. On my way back, I got lost, turning onto several roads that led nowhere, and I kept having to turn around to keep searching for a way out.

Meanwhile, the car kept stalling in the middle of the road—so frustrating! People would glance over, but no one stopped to offer help. Then I remembered what the mechanic had told me: when the car starts acting up, I could activate the electric choke to help stabilize it. So, every time I felt the engine about to quit, I’d try using the choke to keep it going. Sometimes it worked, but other times I overdid it, and the car flooded. Clearly, I still need to learn how to make this trick work in my favor!

Eventually, the car completely shut down in the middle of the street, and I couldn’t get it to start again. It showed a few signs of life and then completely gave out. I literally spent 20 minutes trying to start the car. What now? What am I going to do? I start to panic, feeling completely helpless.