Mystery of the Oil Slick

Yesterday, I go out to get the mail and notice this HUGE oil slick on the driveway:

Since that is sort of where the truck is parked every night, I was alarmed and contacted Nick to go and check his truck immediately. He did, and said he saw nothing obviously leaking. We decided better safe than sorry, so he arranged to take the truck in for a check later in the afternoon.

I’d also noticed a maroon vehicle in front of my house – which Nick said was there when he left in the morning. Hmmm… Someone picked up the car in the afternoon, so I thought no more of it.

We were talking about where else the oil could’ve come from and I remembered that the fridge repair guy had been there the day before – but I hadn’t noticed the oil then, so chances were slim it was his van.

Nick takes in the truck, it checks out fine and he comes home. He checked out the oil (which had dissipated significantly in the heat) and checked out where the car had been parked in front of our house. He saw that there were clear drip lines coming down the street, into our drive, back out and then another huge oil slick in the street where the car had been.

Well, ok, that explains the oil, but still?? So then it occurred to me that our newspaper delivery person always pulls into the drive and I seem to recall them driving a red or maroon car. If their seals let go as they were delivering papers, it’d make sense that they’d just park it and come for it later. But ODD just the same. Whoever it was has some serious repairs to do!

There’s always some weird shit to keep you entertained in the ‘hood. I really wish they’d not left a huge oil stain on my driveway. :/