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Added on January 29, 2007 by
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We made our way to the dealership about an hour ago to officially start the process of finding a remedy. That is the taking away part of the time machine equation. I am sure on this scale of give and take that the nearly 10 days that we have been without the car in the last two weeks is a small percentage compared to that if we had walked the 3800 miles we have driven in it. The walk to Bloomington would have done me in.
Back to the dealership. So we talk to the intake technician who dealt with our car after it was towed in today and I kept it under control as I explained that this was the third time in (like he didn't know) for the same problem. He was cool about it and got the service technician who has been working on our car to come out and talk with us. I give him the same information that I imparted to the the intake guy. And he tells us that he's not sure what the problem is but they are going to replace quite a few parts that control the shifting, cable here, thingy there. Good.
Before we left the house today Betsy read her Volvo customer satisfaction guarantee booklet that came with her car. So we knew that on our visit we would need to talk to the manager of the dealership. We did and I only said lemon once. He went back and talked to the service technician and came back to let us know that a Volvo field technician, a "Volvo" guy, not a "dealership" guy was going to be out today to look at the car. Good.
I know that this is really bland but I'm trying to keep this as short as possible and at a minimum an accurate record of this process.
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Added on January 29, 2007 by
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Monday morning 8:00 a.m. and I make my way to Betsy's frozen, partially snow covered car. My goal - pull hard enough on the gear selector to get the car into reverse, into the cul de sac and turned around so the tow truck can put it on the lift.
Goal met. But not after a horrendous clicking sound as the car fought me to go back into park. In 20 feet of driving I lost the battle twice and watched the RPM's fly into red levels. Sweet.
Once I hit the pavement of the cul de sac . . . snap, it goes into drive. I would give this a "sweet" but I don't care anymore because the car is still broken. So right now it is backed up by our mail box waiting for it's ride to the dealership for another round of "repairs".
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Added on January 27, 2007 by
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As many of you know we divorced Slowsky months ago and sent her on her way to a certain death on someone else's watch. About three months ago as a replacement for the 7 year old beast we picked up a 2006 Volvo V70 at Betsy's insistence that this was the car for her . . . I should have known better. It is was an untitled demonstrator and only had 600 miles on it. It now has 3800 miles on it.
In the last three months it has been in for service 4 times (quickly to be 5 as soon as Volvo will come and remove it from our driveway). It has been towed once (soon to be twice).
The repair visits have been:
1) Passenger window that wasn't attached to the track at the factory so it wouldn't go down or up. Cause: Presumed drunken Swede.
2) A child booster seat that didn't have the release strap attached. Yes, the strap and accompanying plastic cosmetic piece were not physically attached to release the seat. So I pull and it comes off like it was glued with butter. Cause: Again presumed drunken Swede arriving late for work after churning butter at home.
3) Car will not come out of park or release key for 30 minutes. Got it in gear and drove it in. Cause: unknown.
4) Car will not come out of park 8 hours after repair. Waited 2 1/2 hours for Volvo to get us a tow in a metropolitan area that is pavement from us to Chicago. Cause: a clip of some sort was broken.
5) Car will not come out of park 12 hours after repair. It now sits on our driveway. Cause: Something is broken and the dealership hasn't figured out what it is otherwise I wouldn't be writing this post about it sunbathing on our driveway.
To say that we have been dissatisfied with this purchase would be an understatement.
Betsy is now worried about driving the car. Even if the future repairs do the job I can't blame her. Getting stuck with a brand new car, Moose and Maggers in the winter doesn't sound too appealing.
The thought that maybe the air bags were packed with popcorn wouldn't surprise me at this point or the steering wheel is held together with tape and bubble gum or that the car's computer is an old Sega game console from Goodwill.
There is no doubt that Slowsky is back to haunt us.
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Added on January 27, 2007 by
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Well, for the first time in a long time life got in the way of doing a show. I feel dirty for not knocking out a show yesterday but a new reality set in by not getting it done.
That reality? Baby Maggie, working from home and party preparation are not a conducive mix making 30 minutes of Croncast time.
But it does not matter . . . we'll be back on Monday like usual to make the world right again.
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Added on January 26, 2007 by
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The nerd deeds were done last at TECH Cocktail 3 in Chicago and I got home too late to record a show. Don't fret, I did meet my goal of talking to one new person. So I am less of a man pit dweller than before.
Betsy did wait up for me last night and is sleeping in this morning . . . which means we will probably record a show for today after Elliot heads off to school.
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