**Cost of Verizon Roadside Assistance service to allow daughter to call anytime from anywhere for emergency roadside assistance or advice - $3/month
**Cost of eardrum surgery to mom when blond daughter shrilly yells in her ear that she's in the middle of nowhere dead center stuck between Grants, NM and Flagstaff, AZ in 17 degree cold at 12 midnight, that her truck suddenly died and that she and her buds are freezing - To Be Determined, Hope The Medical Insurance Deductible Isn't Too Huge
**Cost of towing, parts and labor for repairs to her Ford Ranger's fuel pump - $684.00
**Cost of motel room for 3 nights; New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day and the day after, until the part comes in - $135.14
***Cost of experience for a sadder but wiser daughter who SHOULDN'T hve been driving overnight and who now has to spend New Year’s Eve in Podunkt, Nowheretown instead of partying with her friends in LA-PRICELESS
Yup, she ain't going to be partying or driving while drinking on New Year's.
Did I mention that she forgot her cell phone charger (except the car charger, which doesn't do much good because her car's in the shop!) so her cell is dead, and the netbook wireless modem isn't working?
You couldn't be more cut off from the world if you'd-a gone camping in the Himalayas!
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE 1
She's in SoCal, came in last night. Mommy arranged for lodging (since we have dogs, one of whom isn't the friendliest to strangers) and our mechanic has her car as I write this (1:53 PM Sunday).
So she has my car until tomorrow night and probably thru Tuesday morning. I'll be riding my bike or driving the other Ranger.
Pain in the ass.
MOMMY paid for the fuel pump, folks, plus whatever our mechanic finds. I mean, she has a RENT CHECK to make good.
Our mechanic, BTW, is the BEST, UNBELIEVEABLY TRUSTWORTHY, VERY FAIR, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, VERY FAST.
He's Wahid Hloul, owns Foreign Automotive Center at 2700 E. Lambert Road, La Habra, at the corner of Palm and Lambert directly across from In 'N' Out Burger, 562-690-8441.
HIGHLY recommended.
UPDATE 2 UPDATE 2 UPDATE 2
01-05-10
She's on the road now, our mechanic checked her truck out, replaced the cut-off ('inertia') switch, fixed her horn and alarm, and changed out her battery cables.
This was an expensive vacation for her, and she HAD to leave a reminder of her visit for me...They spilled Jack in the trunk of my Pontiac. Great. There goes a GALLON of Febreeze.
Will I miss her? 50-50. Mostly yes. I guess. Even though I got to see her maybe 4 hours.
Rhetorical question:
If I track her, I'm the first person she calls when she's in trouble or needs help or advice... WHY does she run to her Dadu, hugging and crying, and all I get is a 'lick' on the cheek & not even a hug unless somebody makes her do it?
2 comments:
And Jax will be paying for all this with her credit card! Make sure she pays it off right away! Interest rates are going nuts on almost everyones credit cards... :(
My office used to be right across the street on Palm on the west side. Good to know there is a mechanic that can be trusted. Glad your daughter made it alright.
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