Saturday, July 29, 2006

Cars (not the movie)

I'd love to tell you all about that new Disney pixar thingy,
but I can't.
I haven't seen it.
Why?
Well I just keep spending my dough on my own car.
Yes once again my car is on the fritz.

First let me say AAA, AAA, AAA.
It's simple really,
I love AAA.
(you know the automobile association)
they're really good to me.

They save me tons of money on my car insurance.
In fact it's cheaper to pay for their membership fees
and insurance, than it is to buy insurance from anyone else.
(for me)

But anyway, I love them.
They send me free maps,
I can pick up guide books and road maps etc. anytime.
And probably I could even save some money if I ever went anywhere.

I never have to worry about running out of gas,
(in fact anytime I'm even in the car, I can call and get two gallons)
But I never run out of gas,
my car tells me that I'm out, way before I really am,
(of course now that I know that I may run out of gas)

But occassionally just occassionally,
my car doesn't do everything the way that I think it should.
For instance I think it should start
(when I turn the key)
but it doesn't agree.
I think it should stay on,
(once it is going)
And I think it should turn off,
when I take out the key.
Oddly enough it disagreed there too.

One day it wouldn't start.
but with a little help,
it did.

(but no-one knows what we did)

Then it just died on me.
This was rather 'amusing'.
I was pulling out of my office,
and on to the busiest street around
(except perhaps the one I live on,
(just kidding)(unless you can do something about that)(mayor if your reading...))
I made it all the wy to the liquor store,
and then I died,
Or rather my car did,
I could have,
but fortunately I had just enough momentum,
to coast into their parking lot.
(fyi, for those who don't know,
I don't drink.)

Eventually I got the car going again.

Oddly enough I still hadn't learned my lesson,
(but I thought I knew how to get my car to start now)

so I showed up at my other job,
and then when I tried to leave,
I was stuck.
Ok so I live in a small town,
it's very hard to be "stuck".
but needless to say the car wouldn't start for me.

So I left it.
I decided to give it some alone time,
(the police did not think this was as good of an idea as I did)
So I called triple A,
and I had my car towed.
(Did I mention it was free?)
yes it was free.
And I loved it.
The tow operator was great.
---All Ways Towing (1 800 - 479-0081)
I would have tipped him,
but he thought I would need the money for the car.
very nice.

He got the car to start, but then he couldn't get it off.
(true story)
so we took it to the shop.
The shop looked at it and eventually figured out the problem

Which brings me to part two.
I hate mechanics.
I've had really bad luck with them.
My local dealership is not to my liking,
I've never bought anything there,
but the service dept. is not very helpful,
(to me, but maybe that's because I haven't ever bought there)
the Body shop is really good.
I think they even came in under their estimate.

I've also had luck at the body shop by the airport
They were also very nice.
(though someone there did forget to un-tape a rather important airway)
(but their price was much cheaper than anyone else I talked to)

but back to mechanics.
I've just had bad luck.

and this time...
unfortunately may not be any different.

A tire store,
on the north end of town has my car,
but umm...
they fixed it.
or so they thought.
They too were rather nice.
but then I guess that's only half the battle.

you see my car died again.
once in the middle of the road.
So I took it back.
I just want things to work.
is that too much to ask?
now the key is really loose,
(and it has the same problems)
except it usually does start now.
still I guess it stands like this,
I like AAA,
But I am less fond of mechanics.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sorry to hear about your car problems, yet that was a very amusing post. Especially, because it sounded like you were on your way to the liquor store. Ha, ha.

Cardine said...

Really, ARGH! about the car. That is so frustrating when things just won't get fixed. It reminds me of a computer that you take to the repair shop and they only temporarily fix the problem. I am feeling frustrated for you, and I am going to my car right now to check my low tire.

julie said...

I hated having car problems! I'm sorry yours weren't resolved by the guy I told you about. Sigh. Good luck! I hop your car is up and running perfectly really soon!

tearese said...

we had to replace a belt on Friday and the Alternator on Saturday in our car. Last year in April we also replaced the Alternator and the battery. Luckily we went somewhere else this time,and it cost less than half of what it was last year! I'm not too fond of mechanics either.
Or computer repairmen. OUr computer can't talk to the USB Ports, and after talking to techies on the phone, on line, and in the ward we have tried hot-fixes,upgrading, reloading the usb drivers, and it still doesn't work.
We might have to bring the computer back to day one, and that probably won't work either.
Yuck