{"id":163,"date":"2005-09-20T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/20\/car-saga-continued\/"},"modified":"2005-09-20T12:06:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-20T12:06:00","slug":"car-saga-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/20\/car-saga-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"car saga continued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Directions gathered, route planned and I’m off to see the dealer – dealership, that is. Or more accurately, drop my ailing car off at the service department. To my surprise, they are still open and not that busy. I give the guy my keys and he pulls my car in and we proceed to “Fill Out The Paperwork” – a ritual that I really dread. He tries to make some small talk and I politely respond – but really I had planned on dropping the keys in a slot with a note and going to dinner, so he’s on borrowed time as it is. Nice enough guy – right up until the point where he says its going to be $100 just to run a diagnostic on my car. <\/p>\n

Wanker.<\/p>\n

Well, good luck, buddy. ‘Cause Monroe couldn’t even get the socket to work to make a connection. You’re going to have to earn that $100. <\/p>\n

And if they can’t figure out what it is…well, I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it. Then I’ll set fire to the bridge and storm the castle. And then I’ll go get my swords. <\/p>\n

Oh, and they are also going to cover a couple of recall issues that I’ve been neglecting. Well, one I’ve been neglecting since it didn’t refer to “a screaming fireball of painful death and massive destruction” – which is my criteria for having someone waste my time while pretending to do me a favor. The other notice I hadn’t heard about yet.<\/p>\n

They aren’t going to charge me for those, fortunatly. <\/p>\n

It was a busy day yesterday and today looks to be about the same. I hope I don’t get stuck here late again as I’ve got stuff to do this evening.<\/p>\n

That’s it for me – back to work…<\/p>\n

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