a nice moment
May. 31st, 2017 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talyenOn April 28th, I rear-ended another car with my Subaru Forester XT on the way home from picking up my youngest from preschool. Everyone was fine, my car started, and I drove it home at about 25 miles an hour because it sounded awful. In addition, the hood was badly dented and I didn't want it in my face.
I got it back from the shop yesterday, and it was still making a funny noise, sounding awful, and shaking a bit while I was driving. As I drove it back to the shop, I second-guessed myself the entire way. I thought things like, "maybe it's just that I haven't driven it for a month," and "maybe I should go drive a new one so I can be sure," and "how can I describe this so they will believe something is wrong."
But the guys believed me immediately. They found engine faults. They heard the shaking and the extra loud sounds that the turbo shouldn't be making. They were concerned that there was additional damage to the turbo's vacuum that had gone unnoticed during the repair work, and they wanted to continue to investigate.
So I am back in the rental, and they are working to get it into perfect working order. And I feel more confident in myself. It's nice to be heard.
I got it back from the shop yesterday, and it was still making a funny noise, sounding awful, and shaking a bit while I was driving. As I drove it back to the shop, I second-guessed myself the entire way. I thought things like, "maybe it's just that I haven't driven it for a month," and "maybe I should go drive a new one so I can be sure," and "how can I describe this so they will believe something is wrong."
But the guys believed me immediately. They found engine faults. They heard the shaking and the extra loud sounds that the turbo shouldn't be making. They were concerned that there was additional damage to the turbo's vacuum that had gone unnoticed during the repair work, and they wanted to continue to investigate.
So I am back in the rental, and they are working to get it into perfect working order. And I feel more confident in myself. It's nice to be heard.
