The solstice is here and the day has been a roller coaster ride. The news that we'd been waiting for for some time now finally came through and it was a breath of fresh air, but reality was there on it's heels as the car had broken down and they wanted $1000.00 with no guarantee of even fixing it and that was rough estimate. The guy at the dealership was conscending and proceeded to lecture me about what I should have had done 2000 miles ago - yeah buddy - in a perfect world. When I said I wanted to call my regular mechanic for a second opinion, he scoffed and actually said that the mechanic wouldn't know what he was talking about because he wasn't a *Hyundai* mechanic - now he'd never asked me if he was - he isn't- but he's damn good - good enough to keep our patrol cars safe, so he's good enough for me. If you're wondering why I didn't go to the mechanic in the first place, I did speak to him and he said to take it over to the dealership because we thought it still might be covered under the warranty. The guy at the dealership said absolutely not and that it wasn't covered. But, when I went to pick the car up - oh - he practically hung up on me when I said I wanted the truck back - "WITHOUT finding out why the check engine light is on??!!" -"Yes." Drama Queen - anyway - the guy that I picked it up from was much nicer and he was surprised that there wasn't an extended warranty - oh well - Thankfully Mike is a really nice guy and he wasn't going to look at the truck until Thursday, but he's made time for it tomorrow. This is after he puts in a full day at work. Days like this just kind of find you off kilter all day I think - there's more, but, I hate to whine - there are so many more beautiful things - my son is feeling better, the puppies are amusing, I have food on the table and a job to go to - wow - speaking of which - I sarted my 24th year the other day - wow, wow, wow - I remember my father getting his clock from GM at 25 years, it seemed like an eternity, wow. Yes, I think I'm allowed to wow myself huh? *G* You have to understand, I'm the non-commital type, probably why I love my job, on any given day, you can find a way out of it! LOL!
Posted by Mickey at June 21, 2005 8:55 PM