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Yep... mine....I guess this is a make up for not getting anything on Fri 13th. (Yes I edited the pic)
Another flat tyre? Nope
Cable broke? Nope
Another car accident? Nope
It all started this morning, when my mum and I wanted to go to Box Hill, and we agreed to use my car, as long as I put petrol in the car.
*turns on ignition*
[hears a wierd noise and also her CD Player going nuts]
.......
*retries again*
[bzz.....]
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MUUUM!!!!!!!! MY CAR WON'T START!!!!!!!!
mum: check if it's on 'P'
...it is on 'P'...
mum: move it and put it back to 'P'
*does so and tries again*
..................... [nothing]....
mum: turn the steering wheel (I got no idea why...)
-.- *fiddles with her wheel and tries again*
still nothing.. *stares back to mum to see if she got any more ideas...*
mum: .........I'll get daddy...you have a flat battery.
me: ALREADY!!!!!! T.T (I thought it was a bit early... yet... I asked that question 3 years ago XD)
Flashback...
It was a usual Friday on a cold winters day of 2006, when I patiently wait for my mum to take me out shopping. I was a learner then and after the usual 'I'm coming' phonecall, I'll start the car and reverse it out of the driveway before she comes. Back then my car was used a few times a week. And it was a few days since that car was on the road.
*starts the car* (ok...the engine was making weird noises that I stopped cos I was a bit worried and suspecting that it would be a flat battery... having recently learnt in chemistry about how car batteries run... and called mum)
[10 mins later]
me: Is it a flat battery?
mum: no!!! we only changed it not long ago! and she told me that routine mention above. *hands mum the keys and lets her play* mum handled it with no probs and left the ignition on for a while... turned out that the engine was a bit frozen during the winter.
I saw dad coming in the garage and gets in the car to see for himself. Once he was done, he said to push the car out of the garage.
*shrugs* ok
*gives the side of the windscreen a but of a push* and the car starts rolling backwards. (eeep!!!!!!)
me: dad!!! put the brake on!!!! *sees the car rolling down on the slightly slanted driveway*
Dad drive his car next to mine and we opened the bonnets, and used mums jumpstart pack.
We checked our coolant levels while we wait for 5 mins, and after that, we were off~
I intended to drive to te Rowville petrol station but mum told me to go to the Vermont Sth one, so I did.
Happily filled up my tank ^.^
*starts the car*
[bzz...]
......................grr....
*starts again*
[bzz.....]
lol...not again XD and this time we were stuck at a petrol station too XD dad's car can't save us this time XD lmao!!!
ok... I think I was on a high... inhaling petrol XD
*sees the Kmart Tyre and Auto Service to our left.*
"LOOK MUM!!! WE CAN GO THERE!!!!!!"
So I ran over there and asked the guy to help. He told me he can't leave the service workshop so I had to push the car to him.
me: Ok mum. you drive.
mum: oh ok... *sits back in her passenger seat*
>.> mum!!!! sit here!!!! *points to the driver seat* and take the handbrake off.
*goes to the back of the car and starts pushing*
man it was harder than this morning.... *pushes*
Soon my shoes were slowly losing its grip...
mum: maybe I'll push the-
me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! (high moment I guess...)
There were 2 guys on other side, and they've been watching us the whole time lol (entertaining them while they fill up their tank XD)
Man #1: You need a hand there?
me: yes please~
Man #2: here, I'll help too. (oh my...the Helping Behaviour theory...I wonder if Oliver is reading this lol??)
me: ok, we wanna go to that Kmart Tyre and Auto service over there *points*
So all 3 of us push.
Man #2: what's wrong with it?
me: it's got a flat battery.
Man #2: ah ok.
So yeah... It died twice today...the guy there went to replace our battery, and he asked me to start the car so he can test the battery.
So I did...
Tuning guy: .........when did you last get it serviced?
me: ...just last month...
Tuning guy: where?
me: at Rowville Tuning..... but I had a minor service, the next time I come back, he's gonna give a major one.
Tuning guy: you should go get it tuned again, have you heard your engine?
me: nope.
We swapped sides and he started the engine and I listened.
*sees the engine shaking like mad but had a nice roaring noise*
(looks o-)
*hears some chuggling noises and the engine shaking like mad again then goes back to a nice roar*
......not good.......
Tuning guy: you see it now?
me ...yep.....
After everything was fine, I paid for the battery (the old one was 4 years old) and lucky I got my staff discount~
And I could finally hit the road with no worries at all~~ well...apart from my engine... but we'll fix that sometime next week.
Lucky I went to the petrol station at Vermont. Otherwise I'll be stuck at Rowville calling RACV XD
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