**Semi-rant warning** (Really, it's just to make
@Capt_Gruuvy feel better about his plights....)
So, as an update to the month or more of car hell saga, and in case I didn't tell y'all.... It's almost like a Star Wars move anthology.
Saga1, my car, bad turbo. blah blah I know I covered that.
Saga2, ditched the car to Thing1, an I bought a brand new one instead. Think I covered that too.
Saga3, Thing2's car needed to come back to be inspected. Couldn't be done in another province. Ended up needing work the local dealer, that we won't normally use, couldn't do. Used our remote preferred dealer... Thing2's car got fixed, for less money and with less work required than the other dealer said it needed. I may have covered this.
We left Thing2 with the Mrs.'s new-ish 2023 to bring home at Christmas during this phase of the saga.
Saga4, the newest story. I think this is new....
The car sent us an alert about a coolant issue on the weekend, and not to drive it. We got it towed to the closest dealer, and guess what it needs? Yup, a new head gasket.
Yes covered under warranty, but that's the good news. The remote dealer can do it 2nd week in January, which means 20 hours of driving to get it back down there, OR we pay the $175 diagnostic fee and get it fixed at our preferred "localish" dealer which is the normal 6 hour driving.
It's already been decided and I've eaten the diagnostic fee, and will be doing a 10hr commute sometime in the next 2 days to take Thing2's car down to her and bring the Mrs.'s car back for service locally.
You know, there's a darned good reason I prefer motorcycles!!
Rant over.
Have a super day! (yet again)
Obo.
