Dealing with cars is fun

This morning we all got up early. Mom took Eric up to the Warden Golf course to meet his dad and uncle Bruce for a round of golf. Mom picked up Kathy and Julie there. All the while they did that I tried driving my car to Tri-cities and got about 5 miles down the highway when my car refused to go. I mean it was on, I could give it gas but it didn’t go anywhere. After a lot of phone calls I finally got a hold of a tow company in Tri-Cities to come tow the car. Great, Here I was sitting in my car on a relatively hot morning waiting for the tow truck to come and who knew how long it would take them. I mean it’s not like Othello isn’t out in the boonies. Mom, Julie and Kathy came out to see how I was doing and brought me some much needed water while I waited. Then left to take Josh to PT and it wasn’t long after that the tow truck driver came. He was a really nice guy. We had the chance to talk about all sorts of things. He’s been in eastern Washington for over 20 years… blah…blah… blah… but it was nice to talk nonetheless.

I got to the dealership and it didn’t take long for them to tell me it was my clutch and it was gone. I couldn’t believe it. I mean my car only has something close to 47K for miles and the clutch goes out. I wasn’t worried until he told me it’s not covered by an extended warranty for the items because it’s considered a “wear and tear” item. I was totally bummed. I mean, now I had to come up with the money to pay for this. So of course I got on the phone with my mom and told her about it and that it was going to cost me a little more that $1,000. I’d just gotten a bonus from work and here it was going to my car. Argh! Take one step ahead and one behind. So I didn’t have a choice so I left my car to get fixed and drove off in one of their rental cars. Of course as I drive the rental car away, the RPM’s shoot up and the car isn’t going very fast. I was just about ready to jump out of the car and never drive again. That is… until I figured out it’s a “sport” Subaru Outback which means you can either drive it like an automatic or pretend it’s a standard and shift. Apparently, I needed to shift. Once I figured that out I was off and back to Othello.

So I got back to Othello and Mom, Julie, Kathy and I sat out back and sipped some wine and chatted. Women can talk… a lot… about a lot of things. It was a good time. I don’t even really remember what we talked about besides the fact we all couldn’t believe the clutch had gone out in my car and that it wasn’t covered. Not long after the guys got back from playing their round of golf and it was dinner time. Eric was the grill master again and did a great job. Mom really outdid herself with the BBQ. We had great salads with the burgers, chips and things. It was nice for everyone to sit outside and enjoy a great BBQ like that. Thanks MOM.

After dinner I got the call that my car was fixed so Eric and I headed down to the dealership to pick up my car. I paid them the money and got in my car to drive it and had a hard time. The clutch was a lot looser than before so it took a while to get used to that. We got home, had some dessert, packed the car to go to Ellensburg and were off.

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