Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Envy Me!
Tomorrow morning I get to take my car in for some work. I need a smog check for renewing my registration (it’s a bit much, every single year - yeah, I’m gonna rig up my super spiffy Aztek without a muffler or something), an oil change, the air conditioning died yesterday, the brakes squeal and I think I’m leaking brake fluid. I haven’t even neglected the car…or driven it much. It’s a 2001, has 28k miles on it, but had 3k miles on it when I bought it, plus Leigh-Ann’s dad put a bunch of miles on it when he was here and drove to California. So, since May 2001, I’ve put maybe 23,000 miles on it. Surely it shouldn’t be falling apart. Luckily, for anything serious, I do have an extended warranty. It’s funny, last time when I needed, um, I forget, something major done to the car, they told me the warranty company went out of business and I probably wasn’t covered. Fortunately, they went into their computer and discovered that the dealership is covering the warranty. I cannot begin to tell you how mad I would’ve been had they not covered it. Normally, I don’t buy an extended warranty for anything because it usually isn’t worth it. But, I know nothing about cars, don’t know any mechanics and felt this time it would be a good idea. Wouldn’t it have been ironic if I’d spent big money on something that was useless? Ha. Ha ha. Well, anyway, wish me luck. I think even the small stuff is going to be pricey and I’m going to be resentful.
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