Today I went to Gatineau, a town in Québec just across the river from Ottawa. I went there to pick up our car at the garage. The car broke down just when we arrived at Alison’s parents in Ottawa the day before we were going to celebrate Thanksgiving in the US. It started to make a lot of noise, huge clouds of white smoke came out of the exhaust pipe and finally it stalled. After consultation with the firm that provided the extended warranty it was towed to this garage and then the big waiting game started. Would the insurance company pay for the repairs or should we? I went away to Europe, and didn’t put much pressure on them from there, and after I came back everybody was having Xmas breaks and so it took ages before the engine got fixed. We still had to pay a lot of money, but the insurance company did pay more than two-thirds of it.
Coincidentally, yesterday we had our first big snowstorm of the year so I had to dig out the car before I could take it with me.
The engine makes a lot more noise now than it did before, but the car seems to work fine so far. I’m not 100% confident yet.
Jan 16 2007
Gatineau
Today I went to Gatineau, a town in Québec just across the river from Ottawa. I went there to pick up our car at the garage. The car broke down just when we arrived at Alison’s parents in Ottawa the day before we were going to celebrate Thanksgiving in the US. It started to make a lot of noise, huge clouds of white smoke came out of the exhaust pipe and finally it stalled. After consultation with the firm that provided the extended warranty it was towed to this garage and then the big waiting game started. Would the insurance company pay for the repairs or should we? I went away to Europe, and didn’t put much pressure on them from there, and after I came back everybody was having Xmas breaks and so it took ages before the engine got fixed. We still had to pay a lot of money, but the insurance company did pay more than two-thirds of it.
Coincidentally, yesterday we had our first big snowstorm of the year so I had to dig out the car before I could take it with me.
The engine makes a lot more noise now than it did before, but the car seems to work fine so far. I’m not 100% confident yet.
By mare • english •