Monday, August 10, 2015

good day, bad day

Today started well. I picked up two granddaughters for the day. Made a few phone calls before we started our day of roaming the mall. Discovered that I could get a larger apartment on a higher floor. That's good. We drove to the mall, had lunch there, all good, decided to come back to my house for a while before returning them to their home. Still all good. After relaxing for a while, we hopped in the car (my 2015 Fiat with 2200 miles on it, that I have only owned for four months) and discovered that it wouldn't start.  Dead as a doornail (whatever that is). No lights, no grinding noise, can't get the key out or shift gears. Not good.  It's in my garage, not in the mall parking lot or along the road somewhere. That's good.  Called the Fiat dealership, after several left messages and attempts to reach someone (not good), discovered it's all covered by warranty. That's good.  A nice man came from the towing company, jump started the car and hey presto! it started right up. "Let it run for about 25 minutes." he said. So I thought that would be a good time to drive the girls home.  Backed the car out of the garage, put it in drive, and it promptly died. Not good. Called for service again. Knew the process a little better this time. told them to send a tow truck this time which they did. Actually a flatbed truck. That's good. Watched my car being driven away, not good. Will find out tomorrow what's wrong. Clinging to the promise that everything is under warranty. That's good. Realized, after everyone was gone that I had no way to get to a meeting I was supposed to attend this evening. Not good, but realized I really didn't care about missing the meeting. Called, made my excuses, emailed my report, relaxed for the evening. That's good.

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