Sunday, December 04, 2005

Traumatic car experience


Ja-jang~ will this was the car i was going to buy yesterday. but, after spending 5 hours in the dealership, the deal was broken. Several days ago, my car which was modified by my husband (it's lowered, has aftermarket rims, exhaust/mufler, ice box, body kit):

broke down on the freeway. i was driving at approximately 60mph on the crowed freeway at around 6pm rush traffic hour when one of the control arms that supports the left wheel broke. my car started swerving out of control on the freeway. my steering wheels seemed to have a mind of its own but i managed to steer and brake my way to the right shoulder without colliding with anyone on the freeway. needless to say, that was a scary experience. My husband arrived shortly and we decided to tow the vehicle home. after the tow truck arrived, the tow man advised that he can't tow a lowered vehicle. if he tries to get the car on the truck bed, the body kit and possibly the body of the vehicle might break because it doesn't have enough clearance. i was running out of patient at this point as i have been out on the road for 2 hours after a 10 hour working day. after i heard the news from the tow man, i was flamming mad. we were not able to drive the vehicle home because the left rear wheel was tilted so badily. luckly, the right lane of the freeway closed down an hour later and the police was able to escort us to travel against the traffic to get back onto an onramp to move the vehicle into a fast food restaurant parking lot. 2 hours after my husband tried to fix the problem on the car, our hero for the day arrived! There just happened to be one of the mechanic that works for Acura that passed by to get his dinner from the fast food restaurant. he kindly came to us and asked if we needed any help. i almost bowed down to him and called him my God after he fixed our car!

After we went home, we were considering purchasing a new car as i was scared to drive that Acura again. I was afraid that the same thing might happen again and i would be stranded in the middle of nowhere. So we did some research and found a very good deal on an Infiniti FX35. It's a full size sedan/SUV looking car (see the first picture above) and we are getting the deal for $1000 under invoice, not MSRP, but invoice. We were excited and head to the dealership at around 6pm. After 2 hours in the dealership, they advised that the only color with the options that we wanted that is still available in their stock would be black. They took about an hour to prep the vehicle ready and we came to find out, the vehicle already has 108 miles on! that is NOT a new car if it has 108 miles on - -"".. So it took them another hour or 2 to find another black one that has only 18 miles on the car. After they detailed the vehicle, it's now about 10pm. the dealership closed at 7pm and at 10pm, there's only our sales person with the general manager left. We signed all the paperwork and did our walk around the vehicle inspection to see if there is any chips or dings or scratches and guess what!? there is a door ding on the right rear wheel well! ARRRRR now i'm really pissed. i've been at the dealership for way too long at this moment and the sales person is offering to either find another car or fix the dent at this point. i just said.. forget it.. i'm tired, i'm going home.. *sigh* i hate buying a new car..

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