Cars!

OK so I think I'm all ahead and calling for my 50K service with the dealership on the New Beetle (and at 47k it doesn't feel that new, but they still call it new.) At least the guy on the phone wasn't a mumbler.

I call the first dealership because it's closer to work than the old one. I know old dealership new beetle. I ask about a loaner and they won't do it because I didn't buy the car there. OK well fuck you. Wait there is a shuttle. It's important that she used the word shuttle. I'm like sweet ok. We start to schedule it and she wants to know which shuttle I want on and she rattles off some times. Then I'm looking at the calendar and it's complex as I have my kids coming and going, Dogs and Cats living together (ok I don't have a cat) total mayhem. I ask her when the returns are. Oh it's a one way shuttle. Um isn't that oxymoronic? Well it's just moronic.

So I called the "old" dealership all thinking I'm early and they are like um did you do the 40K service? I'm like um no. They're like well that one's gonna cost ya... I'm all pissy for a few minutes then realize I expected 50k to cost me. So instead of 3 thousand early I'm 7 thousand late. And... $700 lighter apparently and it takes all day.

Good news? They'll give me a loaner for free. Free?