It's a good thing that I only went up to the corner store as opposed to the pet store across town because when I got back in the car wouldn't budge... No lights, no start, but no alarm. And that's when I noticed the red blinking light on the dash exclaiming THEFT. The car thought I was attempting to steal it!
So mom came up with her keys... no luck. Thought maybe the battery was dead. Nope. So we headed home in defeat. After looking at the web for a clue.... apparently its a PATS system. So I headed back up in my truck to try to reset it. Well, luck was not on my side at all... I guess I don't use my vehicle enough because after leaving the lights on for like ten minutes without the engine running it was dead.
Ok, so the wife comes up with her car to jump me. No cables. So we head home. Bring the Jump-It. Won't start so I'm letting it sit on the battery for a sec and go back to explain to the wife about mom's car. Go back to my truck... Yep, locked my keys in it.
Ok, back home to the house to get the extra set, find the real battery cables, switched wife for mom in the assistant mechanic role and headed back up. Finally able to jump it around 10pm. Abandon mom's car at the store in the hopes that AAA will either determine the issue or tow it to the Ford dealer.
Moral of the story: Wash the dogs collar next time.
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
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LOL...I had an "incident" yesterday evening as well. Got home, poured a soothing cocktail, and let the two inside dogs out for a bit. Went over to see the two outside dogs, and noticed that my elderly Shepherd was dragging on of his hind legs. So, I put the two inside dogs back inside, and closed the door so that I could look over the Shepherd's leg. Couldn't find anything wrong, I think it's just age. Tried to get back inside, and guess what? I have locked myself out. One of the inside dogs had also managed to entangle herself in the blinds, so that the pull string is around her neck. I can also see my keys, cell phone, cigarettes AND that soothing cocktail on the other side of the door. Okay, so maybe my car is unlocked and I can open the garage door. Nope. Maybe the man door to the garage is open. Nope. Any windows unlocked. Nope. I silently curse the individual who purchased and correctly installed new deadbolts and door locks. (That would be me.) I can't break a pane of glass in the door, because I'm afraid to get broken glass in the tangled pooch's eye or something. So, there I sit, waiting for my wife to come home. She had a 5 PM meeting. I hear my cell phone ring. I know it's her. She calls again. I start using telepathy..."You've called twice, and I didn't answer either time. You know something is wrong." Unfortunately, telepathy isn't one of my better talents. Well, the wife got home shortly after seven, and after opening the door, informed me that she had put the extra set of keys to the man door of the garage in the storage area below the grill the day before...
So, I second your arggggghhhh!
Dude, what was up with us yesterday? It wasn't a full moon or anything screwed up like that.
Now, to be locked out without my smokes would have been the ultimate torture. I think I would go nutso commando after a few minutes. It's not the fact that I can't go for long periods of time without a smoke, but to see them sitting there...
Now, is the pooch ok?
Yeah, she's fine...as soon as the key hit the lock, she untangled herself...
And trust me, after greeting the wife, the first thing I did was grab the smokes and freshen that drink...
Wow...and to think that all I had to do yesterday was substitute for the music teacher at the elementary school (ask me what I know about music...uh...that would be nothing) in grades ranging from Kindergarten to Middle School. You would think it would be a shock to go from K to M/S...but they're actually quite similar, appart from the attention spans.
Gee I smoke too. What's wrong with us? I sure hope that I don't have anything expensive come up, 900 bucks for what Ping? A new alternator? Nicky spent the past two days moping around. Oh God the last thing I need is another vet bill. But he perked up last night and returned to his reign or terror. I think the stupid dog lost all his milk teeth at once and the new ones are bothering him. But thank God those razor sharp teeth are gone.
Aha.. 900 bucks for a new PATS system and a fuel pump relay...
The ant-theft device thing tells the engine it's ok to start but this one wasn't... so that needed to be replaced. While @ the Ford place they discovered an issue with the fuel pump so they fixed that as well.
So, in reality the parts were around $350, but as you can tell from my very technological description of the issue, that I am definitely not going to be the one to install this stuff.
I've noticed that smokers are the most social... we can be anywhere and strike up a conversation.
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