CamEdwards
07-18-2007, 06:27 PM
Just got off the phone with my wife. Eldest daughter (stepdaughter really, but nevermind) flew back to Oklahoma to return to college today. She had been complaining about the lack of a car, so we (with the help of my mother) had found an old piece of rolling steel for her to drive. The car was in Fort Smith, Arkansas, so she flew into Ft. Smith today to pick up the car, and then my mom was going to follow her into Oklahoma City to make sure everything was okay.
I'm really glad she decided to do that, because as they pulled into Oklahoma City, the car my daughter's owned for two days (and has been in possession of for three hours) starts to smoke. Daughter pulls over to the side of the road and is hit by a car coming out of a parking lot.
Good news- daughter's okay.
Bad news- car is not okay. Even worse, my daughter was given a ticket for an "improper lane change". I'm planning on contesting. The car was pouring smoke from the hood, and both she and my mother (who was following in her own car) say my daughter put on her turn signal as she changed lanes.
The car's probably totaled, which will bring to 3(!) the number of cars my daughter has been driving when they were totaled. She's responsible for the first two, but honestly I don't think she's responsible for this one.
And I'm really pissed at the mechanic to whom we paid 900 bucks. He was supposed to make sure the car was driveable. I don't think he earned his money on this one.
I'm really glad she decided to do that, because as they pulled into Oklahoma City, the car my daughter's owned for two days (and has been in possession of for three hours) starts to smoke. Daughter pulls over to the side of the road and is hit by a car coming out of a parking lot.
Good news- daughter's okay.
Bad news- car is not okay. Even worse, my daughter was given a ticket for an "improper lane change". I'm planning on contesting. The car was pouring smoke from the hood, and both she and my mother (who was following in her own car) say my daughter put on her turn signal as she changed lanes.
The car's probably totaled, which will bring to 3(!) the number of cars my daughter has been driving when they were totaled. She's responsible for the first two, but honestly I don't think she's responsible for this one.
And I'm really pissed at the mechanic to whom we paid 900 bucks. He was supposed to make sure the car was driveable. I don't think he earned his money on this one.