Did I mention I hate my truck.........

The Dreaded Beast!

As most of you know, my husband traded my SUV for a 3/4 ton Chevy 4-door about 18 months ago. I went along with it thinking it is a new vehicle and you shouldn't B*tch about a NEW vehicle. WRONG! I have hated the thing since the day we bought it......

Reasons why I hate my truck:

• 12 MPG= way to much $$$$ in the gas tank.
• It is like trying to park a semi at the mall.
• It is WHITE!
• My house is smaller than my truck.
• It is a CHEVY......

So, this brings me to my point.....

Today I arranged for a sitter (Thanks Nana) for all 3 kids (mine and my sisters) and made an appointment to take my truck in for the 4th time to get the check airbag light and extremely loud rattling 4-wheel drive shifter (not to mention the recent addition of the air leaking door!) fixed. They have assured me that the airbag will not go off randomly at 70 mph but J did up my life insurance just in case (ha, ha!). We arrive at the dealership 45 minutes early, check in with a lady and a gentleman takes my keys, and J picks me up so that I can shop while they are working on my truck. So I take him back to work and have an enjoyable afternoon shopping. At about 3:30 I realize that I am to be home in 3o minutes and I have yet to hear from the dealership. So I call to hear the Chevy service manager (who might be 23 years old) say "We don't have a truck under that name today."
I say "3/4 ton, 4-door chevy?"
He says "Hold on let me check...........(5 minutes on hold)...What color is it?"
I say "White"
He says "Afraid you were going to say that, just a minute....(5 more minutes on hold)......Mam, no one ever told me it was here so it was never taken back...... (FYI: It was sitting less than 10 feet from him, someone had moved it forward a car length, and he was the guy that made the appointment, didn't anyone ask why the GIANT thing had been sitting in the bay all day??? HELLO??)

This goes on for a while, he offers to take it back right away and it will be a couple hours.....I explain how my babysitter is off in 3o so that won't work. He offers for me to bring it back tomorrow....I explain how that won't work either. SO then I did it......in a move that any fed up Mom would have pulled............

"Sir, I would be glad to bring it back tomorrow.....BUT, I arranged for a babysitter today and a ride today....so tomorrow I will have to wait in your waiting area for 4 maybe 5 hours while you fix my truck for the 5th time. I will make sure I bring my 10 month old, 5 year old, and 10 year old to HANG OUT during that time since I won't have another babysitter....I am sure your other customers won't mind......OR you could get me something else to drive home tonight and I will come in and pick it up tomorrow....your choice."

2o minutes later: I am driving home in a nice rental car which the dealership is paying for and I can pick up my truck tomorrow with a deeply discounted oil change and tire rotation...

MORAL of this story: DON'T buy a Chevy and Even slimy car dealers are scared of 3 children under the age of 1o............