Darn pixies
Jul. 23rd, 2005 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebratqueenAccording to the guy at the garage my car's currently running like a dream. The closest they can guess is that maybe it had something to do with the fuel, but since it hasn't hacked a hairball since yesterday morning they can't tell if it's something with the fuel pump, something with the way the computer operates the fuel system as a whole, whimsical pixies living in the gas tank, or what.
At the moment they've got it out on the road. They've gone 13 miles without any problems. They're going to bring it back to the garage now to run another diagnostic on it just to see if the drive triggered anything. I'll get a call from them in about an hour to find out if they discovered the problem or if there's nothing more they can do and I can go pick my car up.
On the one hand I appreciate the fact that they're not trying to take advantage of this situation to push me on unnecessary repairs. I mean the guy could easily tell me that since it could be the fuel pump, or the computer, or something else let's fix everything just to be on the safe side and gosh darn it all to heck if that means a big bill comes out of it. But on the other hand this in no way gives me a happy sense of closure. As I've said before, not that I'm dying to have a big, unexpected bill to pay right now, but I'd much rather have that and know the problem won't happen again then no bill and no certainty.
When I go to pick the car up my dad will go with me and tail me on the way back so in a worst case scenario if I break down again I'll have somebody right there to help me. I'll also spend the rest of today and this week working on some preventative measures, such as increasing my AAA coverage and getting a car adapter for my cell phone, but still grrr, argh.
At the moment they've got it out on the road. They've gone 13 miles without any problems. They're going to bring it back to the garage now to run another diagnostic on it just to see if the drive triggered anything. I'll get a call from them in about an hour to find out if they discovered the problem or if there's nothing more they can do and I can go pick my car up.
On the one hand I appreciate the fact that they're not trying to take advantage of this situation to push me on unnecessary repairs. I mean the guy could easily tell me that since it could be the fuel pump, or the computer, or something else let's fix everything just to be on the safe side and gosh darn it all to heck if that means a big bill comes out of it. But on the other hand this in no way gives me a happy sense of closure. As I've said before, not that I'm dying to have a big, unexpected bill to pay right now, but I'd much rather have that and know the problem won't happen again then no bill and no certainty.
When I go to pick the car up my dad will go with me and tail me on the way back so in a worst case scenario if I break down again I'll have somebody right there to help me. I'll also spend the rest of today and this week working on some preventative measures, such as increasing my AAA coverage and getting a car adapter for my cell phone, but still grrr, argh.
