A Week in The Life of My Honda

This is the story of a car and its girl.

Thursday, February 17th 2011

I drive to Mesa to see my family on a short "vacation" Only to have my car break down on the I-10 and completely short out, with no lights, after dark. Thankfully my awesome parents saved me, my Mom called AAA and my Dad came and picked me up. It was a long night.

Friday, February 18th

We had the car towed to Gunnells Tires in Mesa because Brent has an awesome uncle who takes care of our cars there. Unfortunately after a day of working on the car he was unable to determine the problem...

Saturday, Feb. 19th

Gunnells continues to work on the car, but with all their resources combined, they are still unsure of the problem. By the end of the second day. Still nothin. So they kindly towed my little Honda to Kelly Automotive down the street, where they have an electronics specialist.

Sunday, Feb. 20th

Because I had to start my new job on Monday, my wonderful Mom lent me her car to drive home to Tucson. She is an angel.

Monday, Feb 21st

Orientation at Gadabout goes well, but it has now been 4 days with no word on my car...

Tuesday, Feb 22nd

After trying a bunch of random fixes to see what caused the short in my car Kelly automotive is getting closer to finding the problem... we hope.

Wednesday, Feb. 23rd.

Although they dont know why, Kelly finally got the car working, only to suddenly have one of the windows stop working. They fixed that, sent the car back to Gunnells for new tires and gave it to my mom with instructions that we needed to get an alignment asap. At the gas station, Mom loses the gas cap, but after all her help, who could be mad about something so small? Brent drives back to Mesa to get the car even though he is super stressed with work and school at the time. I love him lots.

Thursday, Feb. 24th

I have my car back! Its been a week, but Its all better now. Or is it? On my way home from work the check engine light comes on! Also a few of the small indicators that there were problems before the break down come back!

Friday, Feb. 25th

First thing in the morning, Brent and I drive to the closest Honda dealership for repairs. I am done not knowing what is wrong here. Lets just get this fixed right already! Hopefully it will be fixed by the end of the day. Right. Later they call me to give me the LIST of what is wrong with my car. Of course I can't afford all of it, so we picked the most important repair and give them the go ahead. This should all be over tomorrow. We'll see.

Saturday, Feb. 26th

Until I call them at 5:30 I dont hear anything. Of course my car is not ready. But it WILL be done for sure on Monday.

Sunday, Feb. 27th.

Just waiting patiently...

Monday, Feb. 28th

When I call Honda at 2:30 the car is not quite done, but they offer to send a car to pick me up so I can get the car when it is ready.

At 5:00 I get a call. One of the parts they put in the car is malfunctioning. Just my luck. Hahaha this is getting ridiculous! Thankfully the nice Honda people sent me to enterprise to get a rental car on them. SO at the end of all this stuff my car is still not fixed! But im driving around in a red Toyota Prius till the time comes that I can get My lovely little Honda back home!