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And I'm not even a customer!
I backed out of my parking space at school today and heard a lovely *CRUNCH*.
I'd backed into one of those concrete thingies that sit at the edges of parking lots. I peered under my car but it looked OK so I took off for home.
"Looked OK." Hah.
About a third of the way home I started to hear an awful noise from the back of the car ... like something dragging on the road. Yep, one of the braces for my muffler had decided to part company with the underbody.
I pulled over directly in front of Rocky Motors, a used-car dealership. I went in to ask if they had any advice, and figured I'd probably be calling a tow truck from there as well. I was cursing myself for letting my CAA membership lapse, and wondering how I'd get to school tomorrow (I have a group presentation I can't miss), get to work on Thursday, etc., etc.
The guy at the desk had other ideas. He checked the car and told me to pull around to the service bays. "Whatever you do, DON'T back up." Then he took one of their mechanics off whatever job the mechanic was doing and had him put a new brace on.
The mechanic was done in no time, and after thanking him, I returned to the front office to pay. The guy made a mock cat-butt face and waved his hand. "Are you kidding?? Just remember us when you're in the market for another car."
Damn right I will!
In the meantime I think I'll take them some Christmas cookies.
I backed out of my parking space at school today and heard a lovely *CRUNCH*.
I'd backed into one of those concrete thingies that sit at the edges of parking lots. I peered under my car but it looked OK so I took off for home.
"Looked OK." Hah.
About a third of the way home I started to hear an awful noise from the back of the car ... like something dragging on the road. Yep, one of the braces for my muffler had decided to part company with the underbody.
I pulled over directly in front of Rocky Motors, a used-car dealership. I went in to ask if they had any advice, and figured I'd probably be calling a tow truck from there as well. I was cursing myself for letting my CAA membership lapse, and wondering how I'd get to school tomorrow (I have a group presentation I can't miss), get to work on Thursday, etc., etc.
The guy at the desk had other ideas. He checked the car and told me to pull around to the service bays. "Whatever you do, DON'T back up." Then he took one of their mechanics off whatever job the mechanic was doing and had him put a new brace on.
The mechanic was done in no time, and after thanking him, I returned to the front office to pay. The guy made a mock cat-butt face and waved his hand. "Are you kidding?? Just remember us when you're in the market for another car."
Damn right I will!
In the meantime I think I'll take them some Christmas cookies.
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