{"id":22325,"date":"2013-01-15T15:03:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T20:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=17132"},"modified":"2016-09-19T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T09:25:04","slug":"a-smoother-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/a-smoother-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"A Smoother Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

WOAH! I thought the truck was running smidgen roughly on my trip to the Gulf Coast<\/a>, but I attributed that to my not having driven the truck in a few days and needing to get reaccustomed to it as the drive did get a little smoother as the day progressed and everything was fine on the highways.<\/p>\n

What was happening is that when I was doing a manoeuvre at low speed, I was getting the sound the transmission makes when you’re trying to move at low speed in too high a gear, a sound I’m very accustomed to from nearly 10 years of driving manual transmission vehicles. I wasn’t worried and kept reminding myself that the truck needs to be run in lower gear that what I was used to in my Accent.<\/p>\n

Now that the throttle cable has been replaced and the assembly cleaned, I didn’t get that sound once on the drive back home from the Ford dealership. I seriously doubt my driving skills have improved that much in a few days. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The total bill with tax was $341 and change. This included a ‘complimentary’ 27-point inspection that made the ‘dealership premium’ worthwhile since it included a thorough exam of my brakes! They do need work, but it’s not urgent and I can save up, so this was not bad news in the least. In fact, I was planning to have the brakes examined and possibly serviced in Texas, and it’s nice to know for sure that the work will need to be done.<\/p>\n

The car return happened without incident. I went in ready to argue that I had the car for four days, not five the way the guy I spoke to yesterday calculated. But the guy at the counter came to the same number I did, so I didn’t have to raise a fuss. And someone was available immediately to drive me to the Ford dealership.<\/p>\n

I stopped at the post office on the way home, but my package has not arrived yet. I’ll try again early-ish on Thursday so I’ll know whether I have to move to a new spot or if I can roll out of town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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