Crazy Jeep!

Twice in the past week I've had to drive to Salt Lake and twice my Jeep has decided not to continue on to the destination. Both times I was driving down Legacy highway, once to take my grandparents to the airport and the other to go to Joe and Joy's as I was going to tend the kids.

The first time it happened it wasn't in the best location and of course it was in the middle of the afternoon so everyone I would call to come help was working. Luckily as of June 3 I am a member of AAA so I had a free tow -- so I had them tow it to Nicole's office which was just a few miles away. Joe came out and diagnosed the problem with Quent and we replaced the alternator. (And we had an unplanned pizza party at Nicole's that night with Joe, Joy, Morgan, TJ, Patrick, Alyssa, Nicole, Steve and Quent. Who knew Domino's does buy one get one free on Tuesday nigths? Four large pizzas for just $30. YEA for me!)

It's good I have a brand new alternator but on Friday afternoon as I was driving back to Salt Lake it did it again, this time in rush hour traffic. My dad and Rick came to my rescue and ended up towing me to my dad's house where we cursed the Jeep and decided we'd take it to the dealership the next morning.

Saturday morning the car ran fine as my dad drove it to the dealership and I have to admit, I HATE dealing with car dealerships especially service departments. But what I will say is that the Larry H. Miller Dodge/Jeep dealership in the Southtown Automall was EXCELLENT. And I'm not just saying that because I used to work for the man, I'm saying it because their service department was awesome and very friendly from the minute I called to inquire about bringing it in to the phone call I received after I picked up the Jeep. It wasn't a cheap fix, and I'm still a bit skiddish when I drive more than 5 miles from home.

I was able to drive home to Mantua Saturday night after the Jeep was fixed and honestly haven't ventured out much since then. I am not so sure I'll be driving to Salt Lake anytime soon and when I do I'm not sure I'll be driving down legacy. As one of my friends said the other day, remember these things always happen in 3's. (Thanks Steve for pointing that out!)