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Yesterday was a day full of hope and promise.
You may have read my post yesterday, titled "Matt Bonner Of The Spurs, Free Ice Cream, And Real Estate - This Saturday!" and thought, "wow, what a great open house that's going to be." I was excited just writing about it. I thought about it all the way home...well almost all the way. I stopped off at the H-E-B on Huebner after work yesterday to pick up a few things. My wife was getting a ride home from a friend of ours, so I was heading straight home to make dinner. When I loaded up the car, I put my key in the ignition and...well, nothing. Just a horrible clicking sound. No engine, no power. This had happened to me once before (randomly) and I got the car jumped and it had been fine. It was months ago that this happened, so I had just about forgotten it ever happened.
I had mentioned it to the King of Honda service, Steve Harwood, at Gunn Honda (14610 IH-10 West, San Antonio, TX 78249 - map) when I was getting some regular maintenance done last week, but nothing odd came up in their tests. I called my wife and her and our friend stopped into the parking lot and we got the car started. I took my wife home the rest of the way and all was fine. I figured it was a fluke, much like the last time.
In a rush this morning, I forgot all about it.
I had been working all morning since about 6 AM, which is my normal routine on a Saturday with an open house. I posted here, read my email, the usual stuff. When I realized what time it is and how I wanted the signage to be perfect for this open house, I rushed through my shower and gathered my things. You know what comes next, don't you? You guessed it, the car wouldn't start. So I went to the neighbor's house and asked to borrow some cables (I can't find mine) and ask for a jump. No one had any. Luckily, my wife was going out this afternoon with a friend, so we spoke with her and she was going to arrive and give me a jump. When she arrived, we hooked it all up and let my car juice up. Except it never did. Apparently the battery was kaput. It wouldn't keep enough of a charge for me to get the car started to go to Gunn Honda.
Good thing I paid extra for that roadside assistance.
I called up, got a tow truck sent out to me and away we went. I wish I had grabbed a card from Henry, my tow truck driver, as he was a great help. His truck was clean, he was friendly, and I would love to send business his way. (I think I'll call the roadside assistance company and see if they can give me his info - he was that good.) Dropped off the car at Gunn and Steve, my Gold Team Service Leader, took me right in. I wasn't there long and it was all covered under warranty. The only problem? It was to late to do my open house. So I missed what could have been a good day. Now I hope no one came by with my peanut butter/chocolate ice cream. If you did, I'll make it up to you.
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