February 02, 2007
so . . . annoyed . . .
That there is a picture of my little car being towed out of the Carleton University parking lot last night.
Chris came to pick me up from class and it died right there.
What annoys me is that it died in exactly the same way it died on Saturday. So it's definitely NOT the battery.
Which I knew before. Because my battery was pretty new when the car died.
But the Saturday tow guy literally scoffed at my suggestion that it was the alternator (because that had been suggested by JB's dad and I trust his judgment, especially as I knew it couldn't be the battery). I swear the look that went across his face was, "Stupid woman, what would YOU know about cars?" So he obviously didn't take my suggestion to heart.
And he obviously just left a note for my mechanic (who is usually super good) that said something along the lines of, "change the battery," so that's what my mechanic did.
Except it's OBVIOUSLY the alternator.
I said as much to the Thursday tow guy, this time from CAA instead of whatever company they outsource to on weekends, and he brought out this little chummy that actually TESTED the alternator. And he said I was right. No scoffing at all. He was really nice.
Grr.
So not only did I drop $140 for nothing on a car that isn't mine, but I have to drop another $500 or $600 or $700 on a new alternator on a car that isn't mine and isn't even worth its weight in scrap metal.
Grr.
P.S. However: Note the large quality of that photo - I took that from my cellphone, and it prints as 1280 x 1024 - I had to reduce it by 75% to get it to fit on the page properly.
P.P.S. In other news, I have a sort of semi-kind-of-interview/conversation with some lady from Portland at noon today. She's going to ask me why I want to make $8000 a month and work from home and I'm going to tell her. And then she's going to tell me what this job entails. So it might work out for me. We shall see.
Posted by Ally at February 2, 2007 11:16 AM