So obviously my title has a touch of sarcasim but honestly, I find it warranted.
About 2 months ago my friend Sara asked me if we would be interested in running Beyond the Booth for Edgewood's homecoming. We obliged, and I was actually looking forward to it UNTIL our drive to the event.
Mike's car has a history of 'sputtering' when its between 1/4 and 1/8 of a tank of gas. As we were literally right around the corner, this sputtering started and all of sudden Mike says "uh-oh, my car again." Me: Why does it keep doing this....hopefully we can get there. We did, THANK GOD!!
The booth went great, we started at 9pm and were contracted til midnight and by 12:10am we were loaded up, said our goodbye's and the drama began... (insert super annoyed eye roll here) THE CAR DIDNT START, (shocker... )
As history replayed itself with this 'sputtering' problem, we remembered that Mike's dad said to kick (yes, kick) the fuel tank when this happened because its probably a vapor lock. Mike did, and nothing. (Last time it worked) he kicked it again, and again and again. NOTHING!
It is now 12:45am and ive been up since 415am. Not cool. So after a heated exchange of words, we call Mike's dad and he was so great and hopped out of bed and was on his way to rescue us. After 35-40mins he didnt show, we tried calling. No answer. We waited a couple more minutes and we get a call, his dad of course. He is at WOODMANS not Edgewood. (Insert the biggest eye roll ever)
He thought we said 'Woodman's," drove there, didnt see us, realized he didnt have his phone, drove ALL the way home to get his phone and thats when we received his call. So another 25mins passed and we were rescued. YAY!
We finally get home about 1:40am and I have to work at 5am. I gave Mike the speech "if you start snoring, im seriously going to go off the deep end." He decided he would play it safe and sleep on the couch. What a guy!
The next day, I was back at Edgewood for class (after the most grueling morning at work) and as I was leaving, Mike and the tow truck were pulling in. Now, if it were up to me, his car should be driven off the Hoover Dam, but noooooooooooooooooooooooo. Mike is insistant that his car is going to last forever and just needs a new fuel pump. (blah, blah, blah) Well, $500 later, his beater with a heater is on the road again. (What I wouldnt give to drive it into one of those crash test walls)
Moral of the story.... dont mess with my sleep pattern and fill up your gas tanks if you find that your BMW has a "sputtering" problem. hahaha. I can laugh now but WOW was that a night!!!
