I miss my baby 😫

It's been a different last few weeks for me. I have been without my car since June 2nd, which has changed how I organize my daily doings. Despite this setback, I have still been doing fantastic and getting out and about on foot. If you're wondering how I am able to remain positive during crappy instances like this, let's just say it isn't always easy. I'm lucky to live where I live and have a body capable of getting me around, despite having been 90°+ this entire time I've been without my ride. I've probably sweated more during this time period than I have in weeks, but it honestly feels so good to be getting outside in the blistering sunlight this much.

The title of this blog sums up the basics of what has happened with my 2009 Audi A4, but I go into greater detail in today's video. It's not all about my car though, I also wanted to add some insight about general life things that may help you advance through tremulous moments that seek to bring you down.

I brought my car to the same shop that I always go to a few weeks back, all I needed was an oil change. They called me after they finished and asked if I wanted to pay $10 extra to get a full inspection since my car has over 160k miles on it now. I said sure why not, I'd rather play it safe with things like these. Of course, they found something wrong that needed to be replaced, I expected this since I've been driving my car pretty hard for nearly 10 years now.

The part needed to do the job had to be ordered from across the country and it took a week to arrive. Once it was finally here and they were able to work on my car, they ended up breaking something else while they were swapping parts. Luckily it's an honest shop and they called me to tell me what happened and said they would be covering the costs of what they messed up.

I was forced to wait a few more days and then finally they called one day and said they had the part and it would be ready by the end of the day. They didn't call me that evening and didn't answer when I called. So I hit them up the next morning to find out that they had broken something else installing the part. Again I had to wait a few days.

I just went over to pick my car up and pay this morning, I was there as soon as they opened up at 7 am. I drove around the block a few times and determined that there was now a new issue that didn't exist before. They got in with me and accepted that something seemed off as well. So as of right now, I am stuck waiting on them to determine what was causing the awful sound coming from the exact area where they had been working.

This suck so much because it is about to be the third weekend that I haven't had my car. I hope that they figure something out by today or tomorrow. I just want things to work out and I'm not letting myself get worked up over it. As I said, I've been managing just fine.

If you care to know more details, just watch my video. I explained everything as best as I could, while also trying to keep things entertaining.

Thanks for all of the support everyone! Without you all, I wouldn't be able to afford all of the pricey repairs for my aging car. I look forward to one day being able to upgrade to something newer, but for now, I am sticking with my Audi and I still love getting behind the wheel of that thing. This car has been so great to me and I believe that we still have a few years left to keep pushing together.

Catch you all in another video tomorrow. I'll be dropping a rare Saturday video since I'll have some extra time tomorrow to film and edit.

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