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                           The Return of Lake Lumina
                                        
Earlier in the day the dealership [1] called to say my car was ready. I
informed them that I needed to be picked up and they said they would call
back when a driver was available. I was getting worried when five o'clock was
rolling around and they hadn't called back yet. I asked Rob [2] if he would
take me if they didn't call by say, a quarter past five. 

He agreed, only to have the dealership call almost immediately afterwards for
directions to the Facility in the Middle of Nowhere. Half an hour later I was
sitting in the curtesy van, listening to the driver talk about the lack of
quality workmanship in today's world. 

Lake Lumina was ready and although it was a bit more than I was expecting
(since they did quite a bit of work to bring it back up to spec) the major
problem didn't cost me anything since it was still covered by the warranty
[3]. 

[1] http://www.bachrodt.com/
[2] http://www.tragic-smurfs.com/
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/05/22.2

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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