Ever heard of a "Lucky" Breakdown? We had one. Yep, that's right--we were lucky. How's that possible? We were on our way back from Lake Livingston and a vist with Chris. We were headed to West Texas for a short visit with family...and about halfway, the truck engine overheated and started an automatic power-down. I was following Mark in the Ford Escape as he limped off the freeway, and Guess what was directly across from us as we moved on to the service road?
A Ford dealership! Yep, that's right. What are the statistical chances of having an engine failure, with only enough time to pull off the highway and the very exit you must take--has your vehicle's dealership (in our case Ford) right in front of you! Is that awesome or what? I mean, if you're gonna have a breakdown on the road, it couldn't possibly go any better huh?
As we pulled into the dealership the service manager comes out and immediately explains that his diesel mechanics are back up thru Friday, with a 3 day backlog! Ouch! Mark explained our situation and asked if they could tell us if it were at least safe to drive some 100 miles back to Dallas. The dealership manager was present and told us they'd work us in that day, due to our circumstances.
It took the dealership 4 hours to make the repair, and fortunately we had just purchased our Ford Escape, so......rather than having to wait outside the dealership in hot weather with both dogs (Ugh!) we had our other vehicle and went to grab a bite to eat. At least we were comfortable in our airconditioned car!
We made it back to Forney late Tuesday afternoon, got set up and were relaxing by 7:00 that evening. Whew! What a "great" day, huh?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment