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Argh! I hate being a car owner! Last week I went to get her inspected. Well, she didn't pass because there were error messages in the computer system. Ok, I called dad because I remembered there has been similar problems before. Dad send an email to a guy who repaired it last time. The guy aswered that there aren't such error messages. Oh yes there is, dad answered. The guy forwarded the message to Hyundai Finland. They told that the messages come from käynnistyksenestojärjestelmä (don't have a faintest clue what that is in English). Usually it's just because you try to start the engine too fast and system doesn't have enough time to react. It shouldn't even affect the inspection. (Why on earth does there have to be an error message in first place, I thought).
So, I went to the inspection station with the email and asked if it is enough. No, it wasn't. No matter, I though, because the guy from Hyundai also said that every repair workshop can reset those codes and it shouldn't cost that much. And there's a couple of lamps which need to be changed also (ofcourse I can also do it myself. I'm very capable with machines despite my gender, thank you very much).
So, I called one repair workshop. The Nice And Helpful Guy told me that unfortunatly they can't do it because their machine can't read Hyundai Elantra. I tried to tell him about the email but he said that it's no good, unfortunately they can't help me. He told me that if I take the battery off for a second, it might do the trick or then I can call to other workshop.
Okay, thanks, bye I said and called the other workshop. The Arrogant, Lazy And Very Doubtful Guy answered. He spoke in Savo dialect and sounded like he doesn't really want me or my car to be their client. He said that it's not enough to just reset the codes and their machine can't do it in certain car marks anyway (despite me asking a couple of times he didn't say if Elantra was one of them). I told him about the email but he remained doubtful. He told me that the earliest possible time is next Thursday. "Ok", I said, "I'll be there. What time?"
"Weeeell, afternoon", he said.
"Ok", I said. "What time?"
"Weeeell, after two o'clock."
"How about three o'clock?"
"Noooo, after two o'clock."
"Ok. How about half past two."
"Weeell, maybe that will do. I don't know what we can do though."
"Can you fix the parking lamp at the same time?"
"Yes, that we can do."
And that is probably the only thing in the whole wide world you really can do, I though when I closed the phone.
This is so not going to work. I only end up spending a lot of money having to get the car through a workshop both in Kitee and Helsinki and then I have to pay the whole price of the inspection AGAIN in Helsinki. And these stupid, fat, lazy, greasy, ugly, redneck car mechanics are not going to belive me because I'm a woman. I know it already. And I'm angry already.
I hate being a car owner.
So, I went to the inspection station with the email and asked if it is enough. No, it wasn't. No matter, I though, because the guy from Hyundai also said that every repair workshop can reset those codes and it shouldn't cost that much. And there's a couple of lamps which need to be changed also (ofcourse I can also do it myself. I'm very capable with machines despite my gender, thank you very much).
So, I called one repair workshop. The Nice And Helpful Guy told me that unfortunatly they can't do it because their machine can't read Hyundai Elantra. I tried to tell him about the email but he said that it's no good, unfortunately they can't help me. He told me that if I take the battery off for a second, it might do the trick or then I can call to other workshop.
Okay, thanks, bye I said and called the other workshop. The Arrogant, Lazy And Very Doubtful Guy answered. He spoke in Savo dialect and sounded like he doesn't really want me or my car to be their client. He said that it's not enough to just reset the codes and their machine can't do it in certain car marks anyway (despite me asking a couple of times he didn't say if Elantra was one of them). I told him about the email but he remained doubtful. He told me that the earliest possible time is next Thursday. "Ok", I said, "I'll be there. What time?"
"Weeeell, afternoon", he said.
"Ok", I said. "What time?"
"Weeeell, after two o'clock."
"How about three o'clock?"
"Noooo, after two o'clock."
"Ok. How about half past two."
"Weeell, maybe that will do. I don't know what we can do though."
"Can you fix the parking lamp at the same time?"
"Yes, that we can do."
And that is probably the only thing in the whole wide world you really can do, I though when I closed the phone.
This is so not going to work. I only end up spending a lot of money having to get the car through a workshop both in Kitee and Helsinki and then I have to pay the whole price of the inspection AGAIN in Helsinki. And these stupid, fat, lazy, greasy, ugly, redneck car mechanics are not going to belive me because I'm a woman. I know it already. And I'm angry already.
I hate being a car owner.