This seems to be the year that my car tells me how much it loves me. Maybe.
Earlier this year my car gets rear ended. The other car front end is demolished. My bumper is slightly bent downward on the right side. The dudes Geico fixes it all up and pays the labor and 25% parts to replace the exhaust system from the CC to the tailpipe (It was old and corroded and the crash snapped it at the center pipe). They of course replaced the whole bumper for free. I had no injury whatsoever.
Later, I take into Pep Boys for a brake pad replacement. They returned it to me with a seized caliper and said that it was old and due to break. They offer to replace it for free labor and I pay for the part. Fine. They return the car with no brake pressure. I take it to another shop and they fix it. Pep Boys pays me back for the other shop.
A couple months ago one morning I decide to take side roads to work instead of the freeway. At a stop light the engine flat dies. I cranked it a good 15-20 times, call a tow and take it home. I pop the valve cover and see that the timing belt is snapped. My shop pops a new belt in and does a compression test. Compression! woot. Yes its an interference engine (Acura). No valve job or head inspection required.
Yesterday, I took my car to Sears for an oil change; its 10 bucks off all their oil services. I get my car and start driving home. About a block away my oil light is on. I panic, drive a few more hundred yards, flip a U-turn and back to shop. I pop the hood and pull the dip stick. Nothing on it. I insert it carefully and restart the engine to recheck light. Turn off immediately. I let the car sit for 5 minutes, and the dipstick is still dry. I tell them they forgot to put oil in the car. They concur and fill it up with the expensive synthetic stuff and tell me my next one is free.
I can't believe how much my car has come out unscathed from incidents that should have led to a salvage. I washed, clay barred, polished, and waxed it today. What a beautiful 1995 Acura Integra.
Earlier this year my car gets rear ended. The other car front end is demolished. My bumper is slightly bent downward on the right side. The dudes Geico fixes it all up and pays the labor and 25% parts to replace the exhaust system from the CC to the tailpipe (It was old and corroded and the crash snapped it at the center pipe). They of course replaced the whole bumper for free. I had no injury whatsoever.
Later, I take into Pep Boys for a brake pad replacement. They returned it to me with a seized caliper and said that it was old and due to break. They offer to replace it for free labor and I pay for the part. Fine. They return the car with no brake pressure. I take it to another shop and they fix it. Pep Boys pays me back for the other shop.
A couple months ago one morning I decide to take side roads to work instead of the freeway. At a stop light the engine flat dies. I cranked it a good 15-20 times, call a tow and take it home. I pop the valve cover and see that the timing belt is snapped. My shop pops a new belt in and does a compression test. Compression! woot. Yes its an interference engine (Acura). No valve job or head inspection required.
Yesterday, I took my car to Sears for an oil change; its 10 bucks off all their oil services. I get my car and start driving home. About a block away my oil light is on. I panic, drive a few more hundred yards, flip a U-turn and back to shop. I pop the hood and pull the dip stick. Nothing on it. I insert it carefully and restart the engine to recheck light. Turn off immediately. I let the car sit for 5 minutes, and the dipstick is still dry. I tell them they forgot to put oil in the car. They concur and fill it up with the expensive synthetic stuff and tell me my next one is free.
I can't believe how much my car has come out unscathed from incidents that should have led to a salvage. I washed, clay barred, polished, and waxed it today. What a beautiful 1995 Acura Integra.
