Happy New Year to all our friends and family! We've had a hectic holiday season, but it was filled with lots of goodies, including a trip to Utah to witness a very special wedding (Ross's Scott married Cathryn, whom we adore!), a trip to Colorado to spend Christmas with Juliann's parents and brother, Lief, and lots of car troubles!
On our way out to Utah, we got a flat tire, and on our way home we got in a wreck. We slid on some ice outside of Denver, and ended up running over a sign and landing in a snowbank. It was pretty rough weather that day- several cars wound up in the creek- we feel very lucky it was a snowbank for us! But Juliann got a ticket for ruining the sign, we lost our driver-side mirror, and scraped up our side pretty badly. No one was injured, thankfully- just the Subaru!
We finally made it home after dodging the snowstorms in Colorado and skating across the ice of north Texas. The next day we headed out for some groceries but didn't get very far- our Subaru was smoking! We stopped at a very seedy-looking gas station/mechanic shop, where Hugo told us the car had major engine problems- several very expensive parts badly damaged or broken entirely. A free tow to another shop, thanks to our new membership in AAA, only added more drama.
Ross got a phone call this morning saying our car was fixed, and it set us back $3600! We never approved any work, having received no estimate. Man, we panicked! We came up with all sorts of scenarios to find a way to come up with that kind of money, and decided to talk to the shop and see if they'd cut a deal with us. We get to the shop, ready to do what we had to, only to find the price was misquoted: NOT $3600, but $360! What a relief!
Our car still needs a new mirror, and the driver side paneling fell off at some point after the accident, but our engine is running fine- even got a free oil-change to boot! And we're not that much more in the hole to show for it!
So, here's hoping our new year has better luck, and more relief for us, and luck and joy for all of you, too!
3 comments:
I am so glad you are all safe and that the estimate was $3000 LESS than you thought. Yeah! Good luck with school for Ross and hopefully new singing gigs for Juliann. We miss you!
I am SO glad you are both okay - there have been some horrible accidents this winter. Hope the new year treats you well!
Happy New Year to you, too - only it's now April and the year is 1/3 over! Don't you have anything new to say?
Love Mom
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