July 2, 2004
Getting Off Topic
I put up what I considered a pretty straightforward post the other day about getting inconvenienced having routine maintenance performed on my Blazer. Now, I am either too damned obscure in my writing, or there is a virulent strain of head-smacking pantie-pissing autism running throught the readership here.
Of 21 comments only about 5 dealt with the issue: they had my vehicle for two full days for some routine maintenance. The other comments deal with how I did/didn't/most certainly got fucked by the repair bill. Listen: was I bitching that I was hosed paying for the work? I DID mention I was billed for the caliper, but that argument could have gone either way. I got an estimate before having the work done. I knew what I was going to pay going in. Even with the caliper charge the bill was less than the quote.
Jumping Jesus. I've said before my grease monkey days are over. I change my own oil when that is the only maintenance required, and I'll do a brake job. But that's about it. My leisure time is simply too valuable to me to waste on vehicle maintenance. I don't mind paying for the work to be done. I can afford it. I don't mind paying for the convenience of not doing it myself, and that was the freaking point. I was inconvenienced.
I've spent less than a grand in just under 5 years on that Blazer, all preventive maintenance. $200 a year. Call it insurance. Call it rudimentary common sense. Why would I neglect to take care of something I'd paid a damned good bit of money on? Seems one would have to be a moron not to do so. And, no, I'm not going to say what I paid for the Blazer, because everyone will start banging their fucking pots again and the nurse will have to sedate you all.
Stay on target. Stick to the script. Get off my ass about my maintenance routine. Better yet, go get your car serviced. I'll wager it's about 30,000 miles overdue.