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Due to the power going out at the dealership, they were not able to get to my vehicle yesterday, so I just called to end the time on the KIA LXS that I had to rent on Monday. Just in case, I now have it rented out until Monday the 19th. I miss my TRUCK!!!

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Been on auto insurance quotes for the past 7 hours trying to assist my niece in finding affordable coverage. This sucks for young people in Michigan. Then it's compounded by living in the city of Detroit.

~~~~~ What angers me the most about the entire incident is that it shouldn't have even been a thing. I take my vehicle in for service every year and they are supposed to do specific point inspections for each maintenance check. My brake line was completely rusted through and finally gave up the goat. When I mentioned that at the service center and also how they said I was supposed to have an undercarriage zinc wash, the first thing the rep said was, "Well, you know how the weather is here and how the rain water and salt can corrode the underside of vehicles." Yeah, I almost lost it. That was the reason for me having the anti-corrosion wash done! Literally, all 3 brake lines were 100% corroded on the external with the one eaten completely through. I told them that thanks to this, when I get my vehicle back, I'm going to be under there with my inspection mirror because now I don't trust anything. She then goes on to tell me that I hadn't been there since September of 2022. But a service should last longer than one month and my vehicle started slowly losing break fluid less than 6 months later with being driven half the usual time and distance due to a change in Trene's doctors being closer to the Detroit city limit. I have always worked on my vehicles myself. Growing up, my father was an off and on mechanic and my brother was a military mechanic, so working on vehicles is practically in my blood. The only thing I don't do is undercarriage stuff because I do not have the equipment for it, but I have a shade-tree mechanic neighbor who is willing to help me out with that. My dealership warranty was up in 2019, so I have no issues with handling things myself going forward. ~~~~~ My sister's situation was caused by an accident and the last thing I need is for her to lose faith in my abilities due to someone else's inability to properly do their job because auto places generally have an unspoken rule that they can get more work and money of off female drivers because we don't understand our vehicles and need their assistance.

🎈 Eat Cake and Be Merry 🎈

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Yeah, unfortunately, my older sister @Trene4000 was my passenger and she was messed up when I had to drive the truck down the sidewalk to avoid running headlong into cross traffic. Fortunately, the light was red for them and green for us, but it was at a mandatory right turn, thus the need to use the sidewalk to slow the vehicle down. We ended up coming to a stop right in the bus stop with both passenger tires on the curb, the driver side tires on the street and the truck straddling the bike lane. The rep at AAA Roadside Assistance made my tow a priority classifying it as a medical emergency with pedestrian obstruction given that we were on the sidewalk and Trene was on her last canister of oxygen. 😅 Our baby sister (the one you met last June) arrived 30 minutes later to drive her home before she ran out of oxygen and the tow truck arrived 12 minutes after that. So yes, we are fine and everything worked out.

Never made it to Royal Oak. Ended up getting towed to the service center after my brake stoppability dissolved in traffic. Fortunately, it was after the morning rush hour. Back in from Enterprise Rental and now it's grass cutting time.

Multitasking like crazy.

About to chauffeur to Royal Oak.

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It's May and the Month that brings you Star Wars Day, Cinco De Mayo, National Chocolate Chip Day, World Goth Day, World No Tobacco Day: A total of 72 Observances and... BOARD DOMINATION WEEK CXXVI!!! Daily rankings will be based on the top 3 Top Posters +, as listed in the sidebar, from 12am until 11:59pm with the actual Top 5 totals posting at the end of the week. Now, with that said... READY, SET, POST!!!

Cinco de Mayo 2024

~~~~~ I love this!!!

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About to head out to help my niece move off of campus for the final time. This is so exciting. The world is ahead of her and she is on the path to her own personal success. 😊

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Coming down off an emotional high. Just finished attending my nieces University Commencement Ceremony via virtual link. So proud of her am I.

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Back in from a furniture assembling and welcoming the Monchichis to the house. Now I'm eating dinner and planning my next course of action.

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