Sunshine, warm weather and a broken car :<(

Where are we today ?

New Hamburg Ontario

       Getting warmer, everyday all is looking good. Coffees and computing then visit with Sandy and her Grandson in the house for a bit. While she was doing laundry.

helping with laundry

       Then took Suzie to the doctor in Stratford for and 11:30 appointment, just a routine to refill prescription. Then our plan was to grab a quick cheap lunch at KFC (twoonie tuesday). Thats two pieces of chicken and fries for two bucks. But with inflations it now $2.79 still a good deal and a treat. But it just so happens that this was not to be!
       Back to the car in Shopper's Drug mart in Stratford and the car not going to start. Hmmph. Call our mechanic and ask him. Is the security light lit up on the dash. Yep it is something to do with ignition and maybe the key is no good. Well spare key it at home in our RV. Suzie called her Dad and they not busy so they picked up our spare car key and came for a drive to drop it off. 

        By now it 1:30 and they are here, great! Try the key still not start, same security message. Call mechanic again turn on ignition and wait 10 minutes. Nope that does not work either. 
       Now 1:45 Suzie calls our roadside assistance and after more than 1/2 hour on the phone the women says she will check out and send a text message to our phone in 10 minutes. We are now getting hungry so I went across the street and picked a tuna sub for Suzie and I to share, no KFC today.Waiting for text, now 3 pm call them back, they still have not found a towing service.
       Getting rather annoyed we cancelled the tow service and said we would call our own tow truck. Called Hillcrest service in New Hamburg and 30 minutes later the car was hooked up and heading back to Hillcrest Motors in New Hamburg. So simple, guess this roadside service will be going away. 
        We had good Sam for a few years and had a similar experience so we switch. Had CAA and again not too good either especially for a large motorhome. Hillcrest will give us a good price on the towing because they know Suzie's family quite well. May as well get them to fix the car while its there too. I used to fix all my own cars for years, brakes, engines, transmissions etc... but now with all this computer crap that is not and option anymore. You need to have a special computer to read the computer in the car to translate what might be the problem. Then you need special tools for almost every car.

30 minutes after the phone call we are hooked up

         Now at 4:15 at Hillcrest motors in New Hamburg and Suzie is there to pick me up with her Dad's pickup truck. She rode home with them and waited for me there.

So here we are back at the farm with her Dad's pickup

         A frustrating day and did not go the way we had planned at all. Now relax for a little bit then heading to Suzie second cousin's Phil and Joyce for a get together and supper. Just down the road a bit between Tavistock and Shakespeare.
         So this posting is before we go as probably not gonna update when we get home. Now we can end a screwed up afternoon on a good note, visit with more friend and relatives and a nice meal.
          Thanks for stopping in today, hope your day was a little less troublesome than ours. But hey at least it was a warm and sunny one that we enjoyed a visit with Suzie'sMom and Dad and a tuna sub in the parking lot.

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