I sat around alllllllllllllll day yesterday waiting for the call to come in that my car was finished. I was initially told it would be done around 3ish, but 3 came and went. 4 came and went. The shop closes at 6 on Fridays, so I was getting a bit worried. Finally at about 5:30 the call came that they had encountered another "problem". It seems that the housing that my oil filter sits in was cracked and it was leaking a "considerable" amount of oil. Unfortunately, they missed the cutoff time to order parts so they wouldn't be able to get it until Tuesday....
I'm just livid. That means I'm without a car all bloody weekend. Had they called at 3 like they had thought, I could have made arrangements for a rental or something, if I wanted. Granted, I can't afford that right now, but if I had something that I needed to do, I could have had time to arrange it. And if the stupid leak was so "considerable", how come they didn't notice it in the beginning? I mean, hell, they had the stupid car overnight! Aren't they supposed to be trained professionals and all that? Bobby noticed the oil leak from when my car was parked on the road, and he's not "trained" for that kind of thing! Maybe I'm asking too much, but I would just assume that a mechanic or whatever the politically correct term is these days, would happen to notice that there was a puddle of oil laying there. So I'm without a car for 5 days. Of course, that's assuming that they don't find anything else wrong and that they remember to get the stupid part they need.
Gods, what I wouldn't do for a new car, a garage, and a good mechanic.
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WATCH OUT MELOSA CUZ THEM THERE MECHANICS SOMETIMES LIKE TO LIE TO US WOMEN FOLK AND TELL US THAT SHIT IS WRONG WITH OUR CARS THAT AREN`T REALLY WRONG AT ALL THEN CHARGE US FOR IT THINKING WE ARE NONE THE WISER! COMMIE BASTARDS!GOOD LUCK HON AND I`LL CHAT WITH YA THIS WEEKEND ON THE PHONE K?
I guess they think that because I lack a "stick shift" that I don't know anything about cars. What they fail to realize is that I know enough to ask around or research on the internet! So I don't think I'm going to get stuck in the "changing of the headlight fluid" position.
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