Tuesday, July 8, 2008

What the Hell? Part 3

In our last episode, our fearless hero dropped his car off at Aamco Transmissions, left to fate. His concern and worry (which because it was a transmission problem caused him to consider what he was going to do when he realized he might have to take out a loan to pay for the fix) appeared and ended up making him physically ill.

He waited anxiously all morning for a phone call telling him about the damage. Finally, about 10 minutes to 1 p.m., he could stand it no more and called Aamco himself.

Drew said that it was, in fact, a problem with a shift solenoid. Our hero still had no idea what that was. Drew said, "Did you notice that the car wasn't shifting into fourth gear?" Our hero responded in the affirmative.

Drew continued by saying that the solenoid was dead, but that there was a good side to the news. The solenoid was an easy fix, easy to get to and shouldn't cost more than $300 to fix. Our hero was excited by this news. His fears were that he'd have to pay in the $1,000 range, but now realized the final figure would be significantly lower.

Aamco finally got the part, fixed the car and did right by our hero.

Final tally: $187.53. Actually, the part cost more than the labor. Rare.

But if you know our hero, you know that for weeks he will be paranoid that something will pop up again. And he's planning a trip home this coming week, a 200-mile trip.

Paranoia can upset the stomach, too...

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