Gee, did you miss me?
I feel just awful, not writing on a regular basis. People are walking up to me on the street and asking me what is wrong with me.
The answer is... I'm not sure.
The last two nights, I turned in early. Monday night, I pretty much just slept the night away. We didn't even watch "American Idol".
Monday, I took a vacation day, and spent the bulk of it at the archives, with mixed results. I spent several hours researching one story, and found nearly nothing. The second one, a vintage unsolved murder, revealed more information. A third story, one I have been picking away for 8 months or so, once again revealed nothing. I was disappointed, but that is the way with research. Many a time, hours of research can yield little or nothing.
And, today, whilst I was waiting for Patricia to show up at the Superstore parking lot, I chanced to look up at the little service reminder sticker in the upper left hand corner of the windshield. The date of April '18 and some five digit number were there, representing the assumed mileage. The second digit of the number looked like a five to me, if a deformed one. Realizing that I may be behind the service contract, I got on the Ameche to the KIA service department. After I told them who I was, I scheduled the service (brakes, oil, a multi-point service blah blah), plus moved up the swap out of the Winter tires for the Summer ones from April 30th, all to this Thursday, the 12th.
The over all amount, including the cost of them storing the tires at the dealership rather than lug them back and forth, is over $500.
$500.
My frig, I am not sure what is worse. Having a car that's falling apart and needs a ton of work to keep on the road; or a brand-new car that requires services in order to maintain a warranty.
They are supposed to send us email notifications, to alert us to work that has to be done to the car, but none came.
I have to hope that we have not challenged the warranty. According to them, we are 2000 kilometres over due. The date and the mileage (with what looks like a five, but they may think is a three) may cause us some grief. I am not sure what will happen if they decide we have voided the warranty. No more warranty, I guess. We will be plenty ticked if that is the case.
I will keep you up-to-date on this important story.
I think I will turn in.
See you tomorrow.
Bevboy
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