My wife called me yesterday about 20 minutes before I was to leave work. My
original plan for yesterday was to go to Costco for oil and maybe even that propane
smoker? Well anyways, she calls me and says her 2000 Chevy 3/4 ton PU is dead in
the parking lot at Freddies. It won't start. I tell her to call the boy and have
him open the hood and tap the relays with something hard. This has worked before
and the truck has started right up.
She tells me the boy is with her and that he has already done that and it didn't
work. Hmmm. OK, go to NAPA and get a new relay. No dice. They don't carry them.
They tried the Chevy dealer in Newberg ... again, no dice. The Chevy dealer calls
around and finds ONE at in some little po-dunk town (as if Newberg wasn't! :grin: ) a bunch
of miles away.
OK, wait and I'll be home soon. I get home and pull all the relay switches out of
my 2003 Chevy PU and replace the ones in her truck. Bummer! That's not the problem.
OK, let's bump start this beastie (thank goodness it is a clutch) and take it to
the Chevy dealership in McMinnville.
Now, you have to understand, the LAST time I stopped in at this particular
shop to get the starter(?) repaired on the 2000 PU they up-graded me into a 2003
DuraMax Diesel!!
It was a pretty expensive repair bill, to say
the least!!
So we go to the dealership. 'Course everybody is happy to see me since I've been
buying vehicles there for about the last 15 years on the average of about once every
1.5 to two years. They even greet me by name and offer me a cup of coffee!! :grin:
So the sales manager askes if my wife needs a car to drive while her truck is in
the shop ... sure, but don't give her a brand new one to drive like you did last time
I was here!! Can't afford to buy another rig tonight like I did *last* time you
gave me a new "loaner" truck!!
So he sends the lot boy out to get the old Corsica ready for my wife to drive. While
we are waiting we are joking around with the sales staff and looking at the Subaru
sport cars that are sitting in the show room (WRX??)
I say to the wife "wouldn't it be fun ...". She tells me what she *really* wants
is to get out of the 3/4 ton extended cab PU and into a Subaru Outback. We wander
out into the lot and take a look. Larry (our favorite sales guy) follows us out
saying things like "isn't this just TOO cool?".
I'm resisting big time. Tell the wife she can't have a car until she gets rid of
the short haired golden lab (Jack). I HATE the smell of dog in a car, and besides
I'm alergic.
Larry says something to the effect of "ya gotta take a look at this car down here".
Says he can make me a real good deal as it is the leader item in the morning paper.
It looks just like an outback, but it has a little PU bed on the back instead of
being a wagon.
Cute little SUV. Silver over black, with leather and a sun roof and all the other
"bells and whistles". OK, says I, how much can I get for the 2000 PU (with 90K miles
on it). He goes to find out. I tell the wife that it's hers if he comes back with
a total cost of "X" bucks or less for our total buy in cost (with trade).
Son-of-a-gun if the very first number they came back to me with wasn't the
*exact* number I had told my wife!! I low-balled the price soooo low I didn't
think they would *ever* be able to meet it!
My wife was giddy and I was stuck! :grin: She is now the proud owner of a
2003 Subaru Baja with all the bells and whistles! :shocked: :shocked:
Boy, am I glad I got rid of that 2000 3/4 ton Chevy Pickup!! I don't think I
could have afforded even ONE MORE trip into the dealership to get
anything
fixed!!
-assAssin-
Alrighty then ...
:grin: 
CATCH AND EAT
Couldn't agree more when the wifes happy everybody's happy :grin:
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