yeah, I'm a lazy bastard who never touches his LJ
OK, so last weekend, I was supposed to go down to Atlanta to help with moving, and I was borrowing Christie's pickup truck to do this. She'd just had her oil changed at Jiffy Lube, so it was supposed to be nice and ready for my trip. I got as far as Chattanooga, and the truck broke down. The engine stopped, and a light came on that said "low oil pressure". I called her and told her what was up, and then I called Ford's roadside assistance to come get my ass. The only wrecker around who can work w/ Ford was busy helping the police w/ some tanker spill, so I had to wait 2.5 hours for him. I had to piss, and I was hungry. I couldn't leave the truck, though, b/c God only knows what kind of neighborhood was just off the exit about 100m in front of me. Christie came down to get me in my car after calling Jiffy Lube to read them the riot act, and she arrived about 10 minutes before the tow truck finally did. After the driver left w/ her truck, we took the exit to get some food. It turned out it was one seedy, ghetto-ass place. It's a good thing I didn't go down there to eat on foot; I had about $150 in my wallet.
Anyway, to sum up what happened as a result of that: Christie and I spent that weekend sick as hell, and she spent the week fighting w/ Jiffy Lube (and getting Ford to help her out) to get them to pay to tow her truck back up here and to pay Ford for the work they had to do b/c of Jiffy Lube's fuckup of not putting enough oil in there.
This weekend was semi-productive. I changed my oil and rotated my tires yesterday, and also took that opportunity to teach Christie a bit about do-it-yourself maintennance. I also finally got my car washed and cleaned for the first time since December.
Let's see, what else has been going on...
Meh, that's all for now. I'll try to come down to Atlanta next weekend.
Anyway, to sum up what happened as a result of that: Christie and I spent that weekend sick as hell, and she spent the week fighting w/ Jiffy Lube (and getting Ford to help her out) to get them to pay to tow her truck back up here and to pay Ford for the work they had to do b/c of Jiffy Lube's fuckup of not putting enough oil in there.
This weekend was semi-productive. I changed my oil and rotated my tires yesterday, and also took that opportunity to teach Christie a bit about do-it-yourself maintennance. I also finally got my car washed and cleaned for the first time since December.
Let's see, what else has been going on...
Meh, that's all for now. I'll try to come down to Atlanta next weekend.