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the saga continues
13 years ago
I first of all want to thank everyone who left bits of advice in the last journal. I really appreciate the valuable insight. Unfortunately, not much of it was needed because the scenario changed up really fast... kind of for the better, but I dont really feel that way.
So we finally contact someone who seems on the level... however my skeptical mind reads this as the usual good cop/bad cop technique... first giving us an outrageous miserable fee, and then "slashing it down" and behaving responsive to Vir's circumstances to make them look helpful. It seems like there was a lot of miscommunication, though again, my skepticism reads this as intentional. I don't trust these guys and I never will. My boyfriend just wanted this ordeal to be over, so he just paid the diminished fee (mind you, the end result is far more reasonable than some of the horror stories I've heard) But it still sucks.
We dropped the car off at the nearby auto shop, and are awaiting the estimate tomorrow morning. Hopefully things wont be too terribly expensive, and i really hope these guys are somewhat legit... In any case, lets just hope for the best.
And now we come across the bad news.
ON the way home from dropping Vir at the train station today, my car starts to make a quiet hissing sound. and it appears that there's something wrong with the right side. Momentum is dramatically affected and it feels like i'm tapping on the breaks when I release the gas. This is accompanied by a burning rubbery smell. -___- now MY car suddenly has a problem... What the hell. I'm guessing it could be burnt or busted bearings on the right front wheel.
I dont have time or money for this dammit.
Car is parked on the street parking area near my place. Thinking of what to do with it tomorrow.
So we finally contact someone who seems on the level... however my skeptical mind reads this as the usual good cop/bad cop technique... first giving us an outrageous miserable fee, and then "slashing it down" and behaving responsive to Vir's circumstances to make them look helpful. It seems like there was a lot of miscommunication, though again, my skepticism reads this as intentional. I don't trust these guys and I never will. My boyfriend just wanted this ordeal to be over, so he just paid the diminished fee (mind you, the end result is far more reasonable than some of the horror stories I've heard) But it still sucks.
We dropped the car off at the nearby auto shop, and are awaiting the estimate tomorrow morning. Hopefully things wont be too terribly expensive, and i really hope these guys are somewhat legit... In any case, lets just hope for the best.
And now we come across the bad news.
ON the way home from dropping Vir at the train station today, my car starts to make a quiet hissing sound. and it appears that there's something wrong with the right side. Momentum is dramatically affected and it feels like i'm tapping on the breaks when I release the gas. This is accompanied by a burning rubbery smell. -___- now MY car suddenly has a problem... What the hell. I'm guessing it could be burnt or busted bearings on the right front wheel.
I dont have time or money for this dammit.
Car is parked on the street parking area near my place. Thinking of what to do with it tomorrow.
Or maybe something's just broken with part of the braking system. >.>
Shoul dhave someone come out and look at it, or atleast take the tyre off to see.
Anything like that with tyres or breaks iwould put me off driving it till it was fixed. :x
Glad the vir situation was kind of solved, even still having to pay :c
Just feel on the rims of your car after you get out, if the right wheels are noticeably warmer than the left then it's definitely brakes. Only other thing I can think of might be something jammed in your wheelwell, but then there'd be more noises from the tires.