I had been working all week long and it was just about that time to take my car in for it's maintenance. It is hard to believe that I already have 120,000 miles on my car. I know 8 yrs old and at 15,000 avg. per. yr they say I am right on schedule, I guess I was just so used to the avg. being 12,000 per yr but I guess times have changed, and we as drivers tend to drive either farther distances to get places of are just in our vehicles more often.
So now I go all prepared to for a long stay at the dealer, that includes my Ipad for movies and simple internet stuff, my books and kindle for reading material, and of course my phone for all the other silliness. So after checking in with my service rep., I go find my table occupied by someone so after a quick trip to the restroom I come back and do something I rarely do ask if anyone was sitting at the other chair and did he mind sharing the table.
Well being the inquisitive one that I am after about 5 to 8 minutes I inquire about his tablet in which strikes up a big conversation about other gadgets and stuff which made for a pleasant start to my morning there but after a while his car is ready and yes I did get the table to myself but I now seemed to be more distracted about things going on around me. I have now been here for over 2 hrs and starting to wonder if they found out anything else new that needed to be taken care of.
Finally the my service adviser comes to tell it is all done and waiting for me to go to the cash register and pay and then pick up my car. So happily I take care of that and then head off back home. I stop for some food on the way home and then pretty much vegg out the rest of the day.
Later that evening I just happen to go outside and notice drips coming from under my car and at first thought it was from the AC but after checking it out found out it that it appeared to be oil from the engine or transmission. So next day when I was getting ready to leave to pick up my daughter I notice that it still leaking. Now this is beginning to be a concern to me and come Mon. I called the Dealer back and scheduled to bring it back in on Wed. when I will be off of work.
Wednesday comes and I take the car in first thing in the morning and wait and hope that it something they did and not something else that will end up costing a fortune. Luckily for me all it turned out to be was a cracked washer on the oil pan plug. So finally I can go home relieved that the problem has been solved and all I need to do is a little light clean up on my driveway.
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