Journal Xandar01's Journal: How a good day can turn bad. 2
My car broke-down about 2 miles away and 15 minutes before my interview.
I had scoped out the area about an hour before and went to get a light lunch. On my way back, waiting at light, the engine died. When I tried to restart it, it would turn, some cylinders would fire but it would not start. I push it out of the road as soon as the light changed as at least I was in a good position to do this. I checked my plug wires real quick but to no avail and time was a ticking. I found a ride, thank you to the kind gentleman who I do not recall his name. I made it right on time.
The interview went pretty well. After the interview, one of the "HR" guy walks me out and keeps talking with me. He is not going away, so I ask him if he is looking for my car. Yup he is. So I have to tell him that it broke down. He is kind enough to give me a ride to it so I can call my towing company. (I couldn't remember the cross street it was on.) The guy tells me that I did really well in the interview and it is over. However, during the interview they had mentioned that you would have to use your own vehicle when visiting local client sites. As he is giving me a ride, I tell him I was intending to purchase a new car once I was employed and I point out that despite the breakdown, I did make the interview on time. So the mystery twist to this interview is will I still get an offer??
So what went wrong with the car? Distributor housing went bad. Sometimes I really hate my car, but then I have had it for 10 years now. On the other hand, for a 90 Acura Integra with 250K miles, it still runs fairly good. (Except of course when it tanks like this on me. Last time was a broken timing belt near the Dallas, TX airport, April 2000. I was stationed 150 miles away at Ft. Hood.) Well, my car is in San Diego, and here I am 150 miles north in Santa Clarita and it is probably fixed by now. I'll be going back down Monday to pick it up. I tell you this really eats into my job searching time.
Problems with the car any other time? (Score:1)
Re:Problems with the car any other time? (Score:2)
Fine, as long as you don't have it floored in second and suck a gallon of water into its cylinders...
As you may recall, you wanted to open the door and let that 3' of water in my car.
You know, I may just keep the darn thing just cause it's been through so much with me.