I just got back from the repair place. They replaced the speed control chip -- and billed me for it -- but according to them, the speedometer wasn't working (which I could live with, for a while). Unfortunately, what they told me had been fixed -- the Check Engine light AND the cruise control light blinking -- ISN'T.

They already told me that the speedometer repair will need a dealership, because the transmission has to come out to get deeper into the guts of whatever is wrong.

My question is... when they TOTALLY failed to repair it whatsoever, and in fact spent $250 of my money doing it... do I have reason to ask for my money back, or for them to try another chip insertion gratis (because there's always the possibility they may have put a faulty new chip in, or damaged it when they were inserting it)?

I really don't know how to proceed.

This is how this day is gonna go. The McDonald's drive-through was closed. CLOSED.

The McDonald's drive-through was closed. CLOSED.

I thought they only did that on rare occasions - like the death of the Burger King.

I'll keep downloading and uploading Jesse, but I'LL GRUMBLE.

Delicious ROCKS (they don't have the irritating punctuation anymore). That's where I keep all my good fanwork links, and that's the simple way to share them with different people (my sister just checks the inception arthur/eames tag and ignores the rest of the stuff) plus bookmark stuff from work to home. And it's so much fun trawling strangers's tags for new stuff.

Aargh. The grill on my car is broken. How the fuck did that happen? And I'm sure it will cost a stupid amount of money to fix, dammit.

So, anybody else have tomorrow (Veteran's day) off?

And I'm sure it will cost a stupid amount of money to fix, dammit.

Maybe you could get one from a junkyard? or have your mechanic search for a used one?

Yeah, Theo, I would definitely go back and tell them that the problem they were asked to fix is still recurring and what can they do about it, gratis.

So, anybody else have tomorrow (Veteran's day) off?

No, but I do have 3 days off at Thanksgiving and 2 weeks off at Christmas!

So, anybody else have tomorrow (Veteran's day) off?

All of Chez Zmayhem. We'll probably jaunt down to the Mission for Burritos and Bi-Rite, pirates and taxidermy.

My question is... when they TOTALLY failed to repair it whatsoever, and in fact spent $250 of my money doing it... do I have reason to ask for my money back, or for them to try another chip insertion gratis (because there's always the possibility they may have put a faulty new chip in, or damaged it when they were inserting it)?

Yeah, absolutely.