Last Sunday we left our home at noon, ready for a fun filled day at Lagoon. Everything was fine until about Tremonton. Our car started losing power. So we limped along in the emergency lane hoping to make it to Brigham City. But the car died. So James tried starting it and it worked just fine! So we kept going, hoping to get somewhere with a rental car. The car kept losing power about every 20 mins. We made it to Ogden, but the rental car places closed 30 minutes before. So we limped on to Salt Lake airport. Once there we checked for cars and the only thing available was an suv, which is twice the price. Whatever, we agreed to the $57 for one day, then there was tax...grand total...$75. So much for saving money by driving our car, Ok fine! So we find a Ford dealer and head that way to drop off the car. That particular dealer has moved to another location! Fine! So we find our hotel, check in, find another dealer. Ok, we leave the car. It's now 7pm! Lagoon closes at 10pm and we still had to go to Huntsman Cancer institute to pick some things for James' testing on Monday. No Lagoon! And it's Sunday, so everything is pretty much closed by 7pm.ARGHHHH! Luckily the hotel had a pool open until 11pm.
The next day James goes in at 7:30 am for testing, gets back at 9 am. We check on the car, they MIGHT get it in after noon. So we eat breakfast and James has an appointment at 11am to meet with his doctor about the test results. We head up the the institute and wait. Almost 2 hours later we see the doctor. Finally! He doesn't have any info. So he and James talk about fishing for 15 minutes, then we leave. Nothing accomplished! So we go mess around at Cabella's. We call the Ford dealer after lunch and they can't find anything wrong after hooking it up to some diagnostic thing!?! Fine! Try harder! They say they will find someone to drive it around and duplicate the problem. Great! Whatever, we head to the dealer back in SLC. It's now 4pm. I just want my car!!! This trip was so horrible, I just want to limp back home! At about 5pm we finally get the keys back to our car and return the rental, which is 20 minutes late. Of course now we are in rush hour traffic with a little construction thrown in for fun. After all that, our car runs just fine! No problems all the way home! What the?!@$!*!
The next day James goes in at 7:30 am for testing, gets back at 9 am. We check on the car, they MIGHT get it in after noon. So we eat breakfast and James has an appointment at 11am to meet with his doctor about the test results. We head up the the institute and wait. Almost 2 hours later we see the doctor. Finally! He doesn't have any info. So he and James talk about fishing for 15 minutes, then we leave. Nothing accomplished! So we go mess around at Cabella's. We call the Ford dealer after lunch and they can't find anything wrong after hooking it up to some diagnostic thing!?! Fine! Try harder! They say they will find someone to drive it around and duplicate the problem. Great! Whatever, we head to the dealer back in SLC. It's now 4pm. I just want my car!!! This trip was so horrible, I just want to limp back home! At about 5pm we finally get the keys back to our car and return the rental, which is 20 minutes late. Of course now we are in rush hour traffic with a little construction thrown in for fun. After all that, our car runs just fine! No problems all the way home! What the?!@$!*!
