Today is not particularly special except that it is the day before we go off to Turkey for a 7 week trip! 7 weeks away is still unimaginable even though I have now finished work completely and the rest of my life will now be on MY terms, and I'll be on my timetable rather than someone else's - that will be a big, big bonus!
As you may recall we have moved from our house into a flat "downtown" as Americans would probably say and we have a concierge in the apartment block lobby. He/she doesn't announce visitors as they can buzz us themselves, but every time I see him/her I laugh to myself whilst saying "This is Carlton, your doorman". That was good tv right?
Seven weeks! I can't imagine it either. Here's hoping you have a great and relaxing stay, and congratulations on your retirement.
Today is not very special here either except I have to remember I have a doctor's appointment.
Today was sort of special for me. I got my temp dental appliance to fill the gap left by the tooth I had extracted last Friday. And I took the car in to have the passenger airbag replaced because it is part of a recall. As luck would have it the dealer's service department also found over $7,000 in repairs which must be done IMMEDIATELY. Thank goodness for the $25 coupon I may or may not be able to use for all this. Some of the repairs, such as replacing the tires, I already knew about - although the cost of the tires is not included in that total, just the labor. Not sure what I'm going to do. I need to consult with my car mechanic cousins and see what they think.
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$7,000!
I would advise having the tires replaced at Costco instead of the dealer. But the rest of it--yikes. That seems absurd. Is there any part of the car that they say works fine?
Quote from: KathyB on Sep 06, 2018, 08:06 AM:o
$7,000!
I would advise having the tires replaced at Costco instead of the dealer. But the rest of it--yikes. That seems absurd. Is there any part of the car that they say works fine?
LOL! The doors and the radio didn't have any recommendations. :D
One of my friends pointed out that they recently had the engine in their car rebuilt for $5,000.
My brother informed me that several of the items are known problems for Subaru cars and don't need to be fixed yet. I resent the dealer telling me to get a known weakness in the car "fixed".
I will look into getting the tires from COSTCO. We usually go to another place but maybe we will switch this year.