I was beginning to get worried that my big scooter trip of 2010 was going to be missing one key piece of equipment: a scooter.
When I dropped it off at the dealer’s last week, they said it’d be done by the end of the day Friday. When I called them at the end of the day Friday, they said it’d be the early part of the next week. When I called Wednesday afternoon, they said they were still waiting for the pads. Anticipating that I had entered Scooturgatory and was going to be waiting and wondering each day when/whether the scoot would be ready, I called late this afternoon to demand on a firm delivery date. “It’ll be ready at four,” was the answer. “Today?” I asked, doubtful. “Yep, we got the brake pads.”
So at the end of the work day I left the car in the parking lot at the office (I’ll walk or pedal back to get it this weekend), and walked the mile to the dealer. There was Flash, sitting outside the service area.
The guy who took my money advised me that the mechanic had inspected the rest of the scoot (one of the things I’d asked them to do) and said that the clutch was getting worn, and would need to be replaced in another thousand or two-thousand miles. I told him I’d see him in a few weeks. 🙂