We have made the determination that my car does not like attending any Jewish Holiday events at Aunt Hazel's. First, came the flat tire on the way to Passover a couple of years ago. That was a bummer, but I missed the portion of the four questions, and I was very very sad about that.
Now, the flat tire on the way from the Hanukkah party. In a snow storm. We were able to limp it to a gas station, fill it up, and all seemed happy in the world. Until this morning, when we went to snow blow the driveway, and came upon the flat tire again.
So, poor Michael had to change to the spare in the actual temperature of -6. Well, -25 if you include the windchill, but -6 sounds bad enough.
Get to Firestone, order the 2 tires, and I ask them to throw in an alignment. They tell us it will take 2 hours, so we decide to be brave and walk over to the Abbey Pub for some lunch and bloody mary's. That was the longest 3 block walk of my life. Freaking freezing outside. After some lunch, we walk back and it's been 2 hours.
The car isn't done. This is where the trouble started... turns out, they did 2 alignments, and the car still won't drive straight. They assure us it's straight, but it's still pulling, so we're watching them stand around the car, literally scratching their heads. Another 2 hours later, they're still working on it. At this point, I'm ready to tell them to forget it, give me a refund, and we'll go. We've been here for 4 hours, I'm tired, and my entire afternoon of watching Battlestar Galactica and eating chili has been ruined.
So, we're standing by the glass door, waiting to tell them the news, when the guy comes out to inform us the drivers side window has just fallen out. Yep, fell OUT. It didn't break (pfew), but they're trying to get it back in. That took another 45 minutes.
The manager tells us we're done, the others in the waiting room actually cheer for us, and we're off. We pull out and the car is PULLING to the right (previously, it had been slightly misaligned to the left). I mean, you let go of the steering wheel, and it veers hard to the right. No way can this be safe, so we turn around and go back.
The manager tells us he'd like his other mechanic to look at it tomorrow. Can we bring it back? Well, let's just go home, grab another car, and leave it tonight. Ok - he agreed, and promised to stay there to wait for us.
Upon getting into the car, Mike opens the drivers side door, and tries to unlock the auto lock on the door. Nope. Doesn't work now. Sigh.....................
Well, the car is now in the garage, we're happily home, but I'm afraid what will await me tomorrow.
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That sounds awful! Please let us know how everything turns out. Best of luck--and stay warm!
Thanks Angie's List! Have to say, you guys have saved us on so much stuff, thanks for reading! Hopefully, in the future, we'll get to post about all the "Good" things happening with our home. Happy Holidays...
Get your money back. Anyone who breaks other stuff while repairing what they're supposed to be fixing is a hack (or is trying to pad the bill) but you won't find out until after driving it around & doing even -more- damage (my check engine light & 4-wheel drive spring to mind - never go to Molito's Amoco on Fullerton!). Take the car to Sears (offers a lifetime alignment) or Wal-Mart (which I think offers lifetime oil changes) - anyplace that has tons more cases of practice in doing wheel alignment. Then, ask for the computer printout of the alignment after they've aligned the car; my old car used to need thrust alignments which were a pain but the lifetime alignment was -so- worth it.
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