Well, it's ABOUT TIME!
Aug. 27th, 2008 01:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenJumped my car today and it ran fine - for the time it was running. We made it up to Mahwah, NJ - about 20 miles from here and had lunch at a pretty decent diner. 45 minutes later when we came back out, the battery wouldn't start the car again. Thing is last year about 16 months ago, I got the battery replaced - new. I didn't drive it enough for the first two weeks or so to charge it up properly. It died, or just lost its desire for living continuously. Once in a while I would jump it, knowing full well that I wouldn't have the time or the gumption to invest in keeping the battery up to speed with the rest of the world.
Alas, the car's been parked and not driven now since last Thanksgiving. That's right - Nov. 23, 2007. It is now August 25, 2008. That's the better part of NINE (9) MONTHS! My ecological footprint for at least my car and its low gas emissions was substantially low. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hugthecub, that was for you!)
But, today, after having to jump the car a couple of times, and remembering the recall notifications on my car from VW's corporate HQ, I decided to take my baby to the dealer and get it looked at - if nothing else, get new brakes, change the oil, and update all the fluids. Meanwhile, they can also fill all the recalls (6 to be exact!!), and charge up my battery as well as replace the fuse for the radio (hopefully that's why it wasn't turning on...). Fun with my car! (I'm sitting here with my ears burning knowing full well thatsparkygearhead will be shaking his head going, "That boy can't change the oil in his car??")
It was definitely exciting, though, to be driving again, but I like the freedom of public transportation. While we were in the throngs of hotties, cubs, and slick salesmen at the dealership, we picked up some new pamphlets and fliers on the new VWs. Their new concept car looks REALLY COOL! Plus, the other day in a parking lot, I stumbled upon a new VW EOS. Cool little convertible sports coupe - a different version / replacement for the Jetta perhaps (had two of those...)? Oh, and the new Tiguan - there's a future ZERO emissions future concept for the Tiguan!! I know thathugthecub will dig these... I PERSONALLY LOVE THEM ALL!
Alas, the car's been parked and not driven now since last Thanksgiving. That's right - Nov. 23, 2007. It is now August 25, 2008. That's the better part of NINE (9) MONTHS! My ecological footprint for at least my car and its low gas emissions was substantially low. (
hugthecub, that was for you!)But, today, after having to jump the car a couple of times, and remembering the recall notifications on my car from VW's corporate HQ, I decided to take my baby to the dealer and get it looked at - if nothing else, get new brakes, change the oil, and update all the fluids. Meanwhile, they can also fill all the recalls (6 to be exact!!), and charge up my battery as well as replace the fuse for the radio (hopefully that's why it wasn't turning on...). Fun with my car! (I'm sitting here with my ears burning knowing full well that
sparkygearhead will be shaking his head going, "That boy can't change the oil in his car??")It was definitely exciting, though, to be driving again, but I like the freedom of public transportation. While we were in the throngs of hotties, cubs, and slick salesmen at the dealership, we picked up some new pamphlets and fliers on the new VWs. Their new concept car looks REALLY COOL! Plus, the other day in a parking lot, I stumbled upon a new VW EOS. Cool little convertible sports coupe - a different version / replacement for the Jetta perhaps (had two of those...)? Oh, and the new Tiguan - there's a future ZERO emissions future concept for the Tiguan!! I know that
hugthecub will dig these... I PERSONALLY LOVE THEM ALL!
