Car problems
I'm trying to be upbeat here, because the story could be far worse....
I took my car in for service during my lunch break, as I got a notice from the dealer that it was due for a 45,000 maintenance check up. They included a couple discount coupons, and since I hadn't taken my car to the dealership for over a year and the brakes were sounding a bit squeaky, I took them up on the offer.
Turns out the brakes were the least of my worries. I got a call from the service manager stating that my car wasn't road safe. The front tie bars had so much play in them, they were ready to fall off; the rear coil springs were both broken and ready to shred the sidewalls of my tires; I had a nail in one of my tires; and yes, the front disk brakes needed work. I'd save some money by having the front and back worked on at once, as it would require only one body alignment, but all the work would take a solid 6 - 8 hours and they wouldn't have it ready until tomorrow afternoon. Total cost $940 - $1000.
Now, you'd think I'd be hitting the roof over this expense, but I've had so little trouble with this car over the past eight years that I figured I was due for a major expense sooner or later. Actually, I'm more nervous about my partner's reaction to all this.
I took my car in for service during my lunch break, as I got a notice from the dealer that it was due for a 45,000 maintenance check up. They included a couple discount coupons, and since I hadn't taken my car to the dealership for over a year and the brakes were sounding a bit squeaky, I took them up on the offer.
Turns out the brakes were the least of my worries. I got a call from the service manager stating that my car wasn't road safe. The front tie bars had so much play in them, they were ready to fall off; the rear coil springs were both broken and ready to shred the sidewalls of my tires; I had a nail in one of my tires; and yes, the front disk brakes needed work. I'd save some money by having the front and back worked on at once, as it would require only one body alignment, but all the work would take a solid 6 - 8 hours and they wouldn't have it ready until tomorrow afternoon. Total cost $940 - $1000.
Now, you'd think I'd be hitting the roof over this expense, but I've had so little trouble with this car over the past eight years that I figured I was due for a major expense sooner or later. Actually, I'm more nervous about my partner's reaction to all this.