ILikeStuff
Senior member
Ok, So last night I'm changing the oil in my wife's car (98 Grand Prix GTP) for the first time. Ok, No big deal. Went over to my Parent's/brother's place since they have a nice big shop and all the necessary tools, jacks, etc. kind of a pain because of the way the oil filter is wedged just above the frame of the car and made a mess getting it off, but hey, whatever, I got it done. Figured I'd be nice and wash her windows while I was at it. Got the windex out, cleaned 'em real good inside and out, figured I'd surprise her.
Now I am leaving my parent's place and they have a slight bump in their road, but I've been driving it for the last 10 years so I know exactly how to go over it without jarring the car one bit. As I am going over it I hear a *clunk*. Hmm, that was odd, so I keep driving a bit and it clunks over every dip and bump. Sounded like the suspension bottoming out or something. So I turn right around and pull back into the shop and jack the right side up, check the suspension and what not, no problems. Check the driver's side and THE FREAKING SWAY BAR IS BROKEN!!! WTF!?!?! How did that happen?
I call around today, no one has the part, say it'll be 7-10 days before they get it in(and the dealer wants to charge me $155 for the whole sway bar repair kit, theiving bastards). A friend points me to GMPartsDirect.com, I find exactly what I need for $65 shipped, but again 7-10 days, but hey whatever, the parents are letting me borrow their extra car('9x Grand Am POS), I can get by and let the wife drive my 2000 Maxima.
So I tell her the scoop, and she is PISSED at me for breaking her car. She thinks I was hot dogging in her baby and jumped a curb or something. NO, I was driving it, and it broke. I DIDN'T break it! I was driving quite calmly and cautiously. So she is pissed at me for "breaking her car" and I am pissed at her for being pissed at me for something I had no control of and was already doing everything I could to get it fixed FOR HER! All the while letting her use my baby while I drive a POS. GRRRRRR!!!
cliff notes:
sway bar on wife's car broke while I was driving it(just after I changed her oil and cleaned her windows)
gunna be 7-10 days before it can get fixed
wife thinks I was being wreckless when I wasn't
she is pissed at me for no good reason
"Take my wife, PLEASE"!!! 🙂
Now I am leaving my parent's place and they have a slight bump in their road, but I've been driving it for the last 10 years so I know exactly how to go over it without jarring the car one bit. As I am going over it I hear a *clunk*. Hmm, that was odd, so I keep driving a bit and it clunks over every dip and bump. Sounded like the suspension bottoming out or something. So I turn right around and pull back into the shop and jack the right side up, check the suspension and what not, no problems. Check the driver's side and THE FREAKING SWAY BAR IS BROKEN!!! WTF!?!?! How did that happen?
I call around today, no one has the part, say it'll be 7-10 days before they get it in(and the dealer wants to charge me $155 for the whole sway bar repair kit, theiving bastards). A friend points me to GMPartsDirect.com, I find exactly what I need for $65 shipped, but again 7-10 days, but hey whatever, the parents are letting me borrow their extra car('9x Grand Am POS), I can get by and let the wife drive my 2000 Maxima.
So I tell her the scoop, and she is PISSED at me for breaking her car. She thinks I was hot dogging in her baby and jumped a curb or something. NO, I was driving it, and it broke. I DIDN'T break it! I was driving quite calmly and cautiously. So she is pissed at me for "breaking her car" and I am pissed at her for being pissed at me for something I had no control of and was already doing everything I could to get it fixed FOR HER! All the while letting her use my baby while I drive a POS. GRRRRRR!!!
cliff notes:
sway bar on wife's car broke while I was driving it(just after I changed her oil and cleaned her windows)
gunna be 7-10 days before it can get fixed
wife thinks I was being wreckless when I wasn't
she is pissed at me for no good reason
"Take my wife, PLEASE"!!! 🙂
