黑仔。由 Toronto 回程返 New York 一直好順利,海關唔使排,天氣好,無塞車。
早上八點出發,兩點食完 lunch,見仲有四個小時便到,心情都開朗。
誰知揸揸吓, "Dondon,踏極油門都唔去嘅?" 越行越慢,立即打壞車燈 UT 吓 UT 吓 UT 去路邊。
一開車門好大陣油味,原來漏油。
拿了電話 GPS 銀包 Nexxus,立即行開幾十呎 call AAA。
因為喺 Pennsylvania 一個小鎮,竟然話星期日啲 service center 唔開。打比 insurance 公司,佢哋搵到個拖車公司,要等 45 mins。
原來喺 highway 我哋係開得咁快。唔喺路邊都感受唔到,啲車經過個心都離一離。
叫 Dondon 唔好背住啲車同唔好行咁出佢又唔聽,話唔會有車撞埋嚟。意外就係意外,有 0.0000001% 機會發生的我們都應小心。不過又係嗰句,人人觀點不同,Dondon 你鍾意就企出去啦。
拖車到!
同 Dondon 爭坐車頭
比佢爭贏。
呢啲機械車好令我著迷。㩒吓拉吓咁就成架車搬咗上 truck。
運返去拖車公司,比了 $25 話幫我哋睇吓整唔整到。結果唔得,咁又比佢袋咗 $25。
原來係 gas tank 上面嘅 pipe 爆了,要去返啲 dealer 度整。但因星期日無人開,架車要喺拖車公司借宿一宵。
好特別的拖車公司。唔知點解令我諗起啲美國鎮仔裡面,殺人狂就係住呢啲地方。
放低架車後我哋要叫部的士去機場租車。
都要成半小時才到 local airport。$80, outside NY city 咁嘅價錢都 OK。
小鎮機場很好笑。Budget, Enterprise, Avis, National, Hertz,幾間租車 competitors 竟然同一個女人負責哂。
機場比間 IKEA 還小。
拿了車。
又要楂返半個鐘返間拖車公司搬返啲行李上租車
搬嘢又係 Dondon ,病都係咁話。
未完事架,揸多四小時要回 1K unload 所有行李。
之後要揸返架租車去機場還車。租五小時 $95。
還完車已是半夜十二點了,我咁孤寒都叫的士,Dondon 竟然話搭巴士當係拍吓拖。我無你咁浪漫呀 Dondon,我星期五已經無瞓,今日又由朝頻撲到晚。
結果搭的士去 Flushing 食晚餐,再"拍拖" 用 15 mins 行返 1K,沖完涼上床已經一點幾。
What a day 但我哋兩個都好回味。
下星期又再租車去 PA 接返架車(如果整好的話)。好嘢,個個禮拜都有節目。
13 comments:
That sucks. Probably close to 1K when it is all said and done.
Auto insurance never covers mechanical issues – i.e. wear and tear. Next time buy extended warranty if you have concerns about reliability.
[The Teacher回覆08/14/2013 10:43:31]LC watches too many 殺人狂 films, and would never let us spend too much time in 偏僻埠仔...
[Mrs. Wu回覆08/14/2013 04:14:39]oh...i always thought u lived in NY..my bad!
We are paying $9 every month for Hannah's insurance...
[版主回覆08/14/2013 03:44:14]變咗個 insurance forum
資訊豐富,好事!
[HM回覆08/14/2013 03:42:00]Thanks Mrs. Wu! I live in Illinois. How much are you paying for Hannah's insurance? Thanks 孖記 too. My kids have food allergic since infancy. Sorry lala, I hijacked your blog
[Mrs. Wu回覆08/14/2013 02:50:35]HM - do you live in NY? I think no matter what class you are, your kids can still apply for child health plus, just the premium may be higher. At least it's included everything... below is the link from NYC dept of health...
http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/child_health_plus/eligibility_and_cost.htm#note1
if you need any information, let me know....
[孖記回覆08/14/2013 02:39:08]所以驘家永遠是保險公司,HM的小孩有果類敏感,快些看医生(皮膚)睇吓有勿其他敏感,以後可介口,此東西跟人很耐的,小心為上.保重身體才可減輕醫生C0-PAY.
[HM回覆08/14/2013 02:21:49]Mrs. Wu - no, we can't. Typical middle class - can't get benefit from the govt. Even with a high deductible, having insurance is important. We get negotiated (i.e. lower) rates with the doctors. Fun of living in the US.
[Ceci回覆08/14/2013 01:26:40]10k deductible! 唔買保險好過啦! 我都聽聞有啲公司提供嘅醫療保險好差, 真係買唔買都浪費.
[Mrs. Wu回覆08/14/2013 00:57:17]HM - can your kids apply child health plus?
[HM回覆08/14/2013 00:53:30]The premium isn't that cheap - $200/month for a family. We almost always meet the deductible. My company has a 10K deductible.
[Ceci回覆08/13/2013 23:50:17]HM, 嘩, 咁高deductible, 咁個plan應該唔會太貴, 不過你有小朋友, 好容易過2k, 有啲risky喎!
[版主回覆08/13/2013 23:40:16]我上次入ER比咗 $100 咋。
IVF 就唔包,啲單同藥真係羅得命,我又係比哂DONDON唔敢睇。
[孖記回覆08/13/2013 23:25:33]意外冇人知的,破財擋災便是幸運了.
[HM回覆08/13/2013 23:15:35]We are on a high deductible plan - first 2K deductible paid by the company, next 3K paid by us. After that, 90% paid by the insurance company. We are almost there for the year!
[Ceci回覆08/13/2013 23:05:25]啲單貴啫, 即使係ambulance and ER visit, 保險應該會包其中一啲,
[HM回覆08/13/2013 22:59:30]He ate peanuts at school and got a severe reaction. $900 for ambulance. Another $500 for the doctor bill. Another $500 for the hospital “stay.” Another couple hundreds for medicine.
You are pretty brave. I would have called the ambulance too!
[版主回覆08/13/2013 22:51:35] 乜事?無嘢嘛???
上次我小產流好多血,DONDON 話叫白車。我話叫乜吖,我寧願行去。
[HM回覆08/13/2013 22:45:48]Tell me about it. I just got an ambulance bill for my son - $900.
[版主回覆08/13/2013 22:41:40] $1000 都可以接受。你知呢度喇,啲單成日比心臟病比我。
DONDON話租車都唔包,拖車就包。
[HM回覆08/13/2013 22:36:48]Sorry, I meant one grand, not your house 1K
[版主回覆08/13/2013 22:35:25]咩嘢 close to 1K?
我完全唔理車呀,INSURANCE 啲嘢架 (因為唔識),要買乜DONDON自己搞掂。
oh what a day, good things is you both alright, but feel scare and those waiting time is not easy to past. next time in case you have problem out of town, you better call 阿炳to drive to your place and everything is more easy to solve with someone' car help. also save lots of money to rent a car and back and forth the little town. so next trip you can take your car back and settle all the bad things.
by the way, if you are AAA member they will reimburse whatever you paid for the tow and expenses when you stay there.
hope everything under your control and DD will get well soon.
[孖記回覆08/14/2013 02:56:29]唔係講笑,叫阿陃救命是考他兄第之情有幾深如他不幫以後他有求DD也可SAID N0,此等經歷我也發生過,首先找朋友,救再找AAA,所以近年已轉為高級AAA會員拖車服務可遠達100里,雖然已買了新小車但也保留會值.this is american experience.
[版主回覆08/13/2013 23:42:04]孖記你真識講笑,如果有可能你估我哋諗唔到咩。
你仲未明白阿炳。我叫我細佬由香港飛過嚟幫我仲大機會叫阿炳幫。
Dondon 都算用車用得粗!架車漏油會有跡像,唔會一下子無晒!之前會發覺入油入密左!
我會記低每次行多少公里,入多少油!從而得知部車有無特別!
汽車若只買第三保,邊會保你架車!全保都唔會保車的自然損耗!
[孖記回覆08/14/2013 03:03:47]安全第一,DD都有這想法那便成全他吧他會爱妳多一些就値番啦,又有値口叫他SAVE M0NEY 買新車一舉兩得.
[版主回覆08/14/2013 02:48:34]Dondon 都講過呀
咦?咪要我出錢?唔制。
[孖記回覆08/14/2013 02:46:15]計我話換部新車,以上問題便解決晒,最少有三五年不用修理及全保各人的L0SS.
[版主回覆08/14/2013 01:32:49]呢個係我哋夫婦相處之道嚟, 人人唔同,我迫佢盞反面。
[Ceci回覆08/14/2013 01:28:42]佢係唔聽人講, 但係你條命佢賠唔起嘛, 就算佢唔俾錢你都應該俾錢買個保障.
[版主回覆08/14/2013 00:08:35]DONDON 換呔都唔識。不過我唔會叫佢買乜 extended wrranty check,佢都唔聽人講嘅,我慳返啖氣。
[fatty回覆08/14/2013 00:03:57]Ceci 說得很對!
男人一般對車有種感覺,盤軑震、搶軑,就知四條車胎氣壓不同,要打氣!
架車有異聲,有異味!都是壞車的先兆!
架車漏油,如果固定車位!停車位會有油跡!
[Ceci回覆08/13/2013 23:54:48]我估Dondon唔係car guy, 只係當佢係運輸工具, 如果係car guy我都相信一定會預先知道架車有唔妥, 漏得咁快咁多真係好危險, 好客易有車底有少火花就爆.
Angela, 如果Dondon唔係太有興趣攪車, 你都係勸佢買extended warranty check車check密啲. 你哋成日long trip再咁樣好牙煙.
架車唔爆炸都算你地好彩!
[版主回覆08/14/2013 02:08:07]個 dealer call 返,話唔知乜鬆咗,已經整返好 lu,百零蚊咋,好彩。
你個weekend真係多姿多采呀! 咁揸來揸去真係幾煩,聽到都累呀!
[版主回覆08/14/2013 02:08:23]個日好似有 48 小時咁呀。
Did you and DD wear the yellow vest while waiting for the tow truck? In France, it is mandatory. So, i suppose taxi, car rental etc. are not covered by DD's insurance?
[版主回覆08/14/2013 03:13:42]無呀,呢度唔使。其實都應該立例喎,尤其夜晚,真的好危險。
問咗 insurance lu, 淨係包拖車,好過無。
yes, buy several yellow vests and put them Inside the car.
[版主回覆08/14/2013 03:59:40]變身修路工人!
希望唔使再用啦。
背住啲車 should be ok, since the driver can see you and react much faster than you can, unless, of course, he's dozing off at the wheel. But 唔好行咁出 has a point. If I 行咁出, LC will go around me and put herself between the traffic and me to force me in....
[版主回覆08/15/2013 00:00:37]無LUNG埋佢啲大陸親戚就 good catch.
[The Teacher回覆08/14/2013 23:33:31]I am sure you love DD just as much. He's a very lovable man, a good catch for you
[版主回覆08/14/2013 21:22:42]我愛DONDON無LC愛TEACHER你咁多。我唔死得架,爸爸會好傷心。
嘩....angela
今次壞車, 保險唔包, 咁去一去多倫多, 交通費咪好勁
[版主回覆08/14/2013 21:25:23]加加埋埋租車的士係一畢洗費。
但個DEALER打返嚟LU,係唔知油缸邊度鬆咗,百多元好搞掂。
謝謝Angela到訪。自駕遊本來好爽,誰知漏油就好大問題!慎妨爆炸。請以後小心、小心!
[版主回覆08/14/2013 21:25:24]我好怕燒死呀!
所以即刻跑開幾十呎
唔……你咪話拖車公司似殺人狂住嘅地方嘅……你幅相度嗰度咪有個着坐紅色衫嘅……唔知係咪呢……
好在未有事前知道漏油咋!好彩好彩
[版主回覆08/15/2013 08:54:32]嗰個女人嚟, 仲有兩個更恐怖嘅男人呢。
嗰日都唔知吸咗幾多電油味,HIGH哂。
Angela:
~一邊讀你依個blog, 一邊驚, 由其是你哋係highway 邊等拖車!!!
~兜兜轉轉先返到屋企, 咪話唔辛苦!!! 比我人都癲!!!好彩, 你哋兩個都係平安無事. 係用咗比較長時間和金錢, 先返到屋企!! 你依日實好攰!!
[版主回覆08/15/2013 22:01:34]嗰日好興奮呀~~係喺HIGHWAY時驚啲, 後面有個森林,我驚有熊人出嚟食咗我。
真係睇到又麻煩又驚險又好彩
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