More than once I have needed work done on a car. Usually Gary and I drive both cars to the dealership at midnight and drop the key in the slot.
Gary doesn’t feel well enough to drive the 45 minutes to the dealer. I still made the appointment, and when I was explaining why I might have to wait for the service to be done, she asked if I needed a loaner car.
“Lies,” I thought. “Loaner cars don’t exist.”
I don’t know why I think this. Perhaps once I was promised a loaner 45 years ago and it didn’t materialize? Young people at work say loaners aren’t always in prime working condition, and they are often “wrapped” in vinyl advertising patches, but they exist.
I said yes, a loaner sounds great, but I’m making backup plans like taking a taxi to a rental place and spending airline miles on a car.
Or am I being paranoid?
2 responses to “Alleged loaner car”
Gm has moved from loaner cars to contracts with enterprise. I hate this because I have to use my credit card and insurance and pay taxes. And they never have a comparable vehicle (we have a huge dumb dually truck to haul our giant camper … but we also live on a dirt road at the top of a mountain and have to haul our trash, so when we request a 4WD truck we really need it. They don’t have much selection of that even in Colorado. But when I tell them I’m putting trash in their sedan they figure out a truck for us) and unfortunately we’ve needed a loaner many times, so many we are talking to lawyers.
Jessica Fatastica – Whoa. I’d be furious. Isn’t a days insurance for an Enterprise car like thirty dollars? I mean a taxi one way to my dealer is $70, but that’s outrageous that you have to field even that. You have turned me off GM cars.