It took me a long time to gain confidence in the car. Years and years in fact before i felt comfortable taking it any distance. I carry AAA plus for 100 miles of free towing, just in case something does go wrong... It's always something........
My last trip to Canada... I noticed the horn wasn't working. When i stopped for gas, i checked the fuses, (all two!) both were fine, but I swapped one out anyway. Still I had no horn. Drove a ways and the tach quit working. A ways further and I noticed no turn signals. It was like the whole electrical system was failing, so I decided to not turn off the car no matter what until i got to where I was headed (my brother's in Bellingham) for the evening. I opened up the hood once there and saw that when I was checking the fuses, one didn't get pushed all the way in, and was just touching the contacts on one side. Enough to run the car, but not enough contact to have enough current to run anything else. Pushed it down and it all came back on...... except the horn..... When i got home from Canada a couple of days later, I got everything ready, jumper wires, fuses, ohm meter, ready to fix it. The bullet connector had pulled apart. It's the simple stuff that'll give ya fits! See ya in portland... and VANCOUVER in May?..