[skissane]

> In my experience, people hate when cars just flash a "check engine" light. It is impossible to tell the difference between "probably OK but get it looked at", "might leave you stranded", and "might literally explode".

This is why I bought one of those OBD reader things so I can have more of an idea of what is actually going on. Not that I really understand anything that it says, I’m pretty clueless when it comes to car stuff, but it sure makes me feel better

The only time I ever got a check engine warning, the problem was obvious from the physical symptoms: cylinder misfiring. Well, I didn’t know what that was when it started happening, but now I do. Drove it to the mechanic and they replaced the spark plugs