So on Sunday, Jeremy somehow "misplaced" Aaron's car keys. We spent 5 hours tearing apart the house, garage and streets of Anthem looking for them. The sun was setting and we finally admitted defeat. There was no way they were getting back to Vegas that night unless they were planning to run and carry the car on their shoulders. So Aaron had to call in and miss work on Monday. Lyndsay had jury duty that she had to figure a way out of. Jeremy was going to have to miss work also to resolve this. Needless to say, it was a bit of a somber mood at our household. We had no choice but to have new keys/remote made at the dealership. Of course everything is closed on Sunday night. And of course Aaron would drive a Land Rover and not some easily accessible GM or Ford that has a dealership on every corner! Oh no, there's only one Land Rover dealership in the valley. Oh and the more we researched it, we were prepared this was going to be a PRICEY mistake and one that might take weeks to fix since most likely the keys would have to be made in England and shipped over! I guess if you're going to lose car keys, you might as well go all out and pick the hardest brand to replace. For that matter no locksmith in town can make Land Rover keys, just every other type possible. So we decided not to worry about it and have a remaining fun night instead. Monday would be doomsday.
On Monday I headed to work at the crack of dawn...but not until after Jeremy and I were up ALL night with an inconsolable sick little Taylee. She would now stay home with Lyndsay while the boys (yes that means Anden as well) coordinated the car mess. Here's some highlights of our Monday:
Oh but wait, this is the Harbecks we're talking about so the day was far from over! Taylee was miserable so I left work early to go 20 mins back home, pick her up and then proceed to go back 30 mins to the doctor. (Ya, so I haven't switched our doctors to Anthem yet) The boys were pulling into the house the same time I got home and yes WITH the Land Rover! One crisis solved!! I grabbed Taylee, loaded her up, and rushed off to resolve the second crisis. As I was driving back to the freeway, I noticed my car felt really funky like a flat tire. I pulled over and checked - no flats. So I jumped back in and took off. I didn't make it far before I pulled over again and called Jer. As I'm complaining about the car feeling weird, I notice that the entire BACK END OF THE CAR IS SITTING ON THE TIRES! No joke! I suddenly had a low rider!! I could be wrong but I don't recall hiring "Pimp my Ride" to ghettofy my Mercedes!! I frantically looked for the rhinestone hydraulics button to lift my car but then I realized this wasn't an Impala! "Jer, my car is freakin screwed! Come get me!!" As I pleasantly waited in the 110 degrees with a crying Taylee, I scrambled to delay her appointment. Luckily they felt bad for me and gave me an extra 30 mins to now fix the THIRD crisis of the day! Jeremy showed up, we switched cars, and I watched in horror as he attempted to flintstone the car home. I rushed to the doctor and told Jer that I didn't even want to know how much this was going to cost us.
Taylee was diagnosed with Roseola, which is just what I expected after the 4 days of high fever and now the rash. Also the poor little thing has 2 more top teeth coming in during all this. Of course magically she perked up and was happy as can be when the doctor came in. Thanks sweetie, I love looking like a liar. Bottom line, second crisis resolved. Off we rushed back home. I was dying to find out if Jeremy had fixed the car or either sold the low rider to a South LA inhabitant. I pulled up and sadly saw this in my driveway.
Same Tow Truck: $87
Repair Costs: ?????
Neighbors thinking the Repo Man got us: Priceless
Update: It's been 4 days and my car is now fixed and ready for pick up. ONE measly shock needed replaced. We figured; sweet, $100 at Pep Boys. Oh how wrong we were. We couldn't just have normal shocks. Apparently we have solid gold air shocks (I couldn't understand the technical terminology so this is my interpretation).
One Shock Replacement: $1243.74
It's time to buy a normal vehicle.
"TRAGEDY + TIME = COMEDY"
ReplyDeleteFor most of us it didn't take much time for the "Comedy" part of the equation to kick in!!
Just look at it this way...The Mercedes boys didn't try to convince you to replace all four shocks($5K)so you would have smooth "low ride" to the "key store!"