I'm sitting here in the waiting area while some work is being done on my car. It'll only take about 1.5 hours, so it's not worth taking their shuttle to work and trying to find someone to bring me back here at the end of the day.
I popped open the TiBook and checked to see if AirPort could find a wireless network I might be able to leach. No dice. (Obviously, I'll be posting this a bit later.)
Considering how inexpensive it'd be, I'm sort of surprised that the dealership doesn't have 802.11b available for customers in the waiting area. This is Silicon Valley, after all. Let's show some geek pride here! :-)
I shouldn't complain, though. The service department here rocks. Plus, sitting in the waiting area with no network connection pretty much forces me to work on the book--something I've had trouble finding enough time to do this week. Too many distractions and unexpected things kept popping up.
Now if only I had bothered to install MySQL on the TiBook, I wouldn't have to keep writing "TODO: insert SQL here later" in the text.
Later: Grr. Apparently my car has decided that a leaky radiator is more fun than one that holds onto all the coolant. I'll have to arrange for another visit soon so that I can part with $700 or so. As the first major expense in the three years I've had it, that's not too bad I guess.
Now that I think about it, the radiator replacement will probably take three hours or so. Maybe I'll just force myself to sit in the waiting area then too. That should keep me relatively free of distractions so that I can get more stuff done.
Posted by jzawodn at March 28, 2003 01:29 PM
Although I'm not from America, that sounds like alot of money for a radiator!
Obviously you do not have an Acura. I have an RL 3.5 and one headlight alone here costs between $800 and $1000 (Canadian)...
Sunnyvale Acura is evil. I put a deposit on a 2003 CL Type-S in March this past year, they gave me the VIN and told me the car was mine as soon as it arrived. But the bastards sold it under my nose! All they needed to do was call me and they'd have a sale! Here it is a year later and I'm still pissed... Took me two weeks to get my money back. Took me another month to find the MT Type S I wanted. Scumbags. Real scumbags. But I love my car, which I ended up getting from Mike Harvey in Burlingame. :-)
Hello,
I stay in India and read about this blog from you.
Can you tell me about this WiFi stuff.
Where can it be used and so on ??
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Satya
Apparently it's become a common practice with Acura to sell a car from under a buyer...I had the very same experience with Acura of Colma—now, you thought Sunnyvale was evil?!? These guys at Colma invented evil! They kept trying to put me in a demo car on the lot...sold me the one I wanted which was supposed to arrive end of that week, and then called to say they've sold it to someone else...they kept trying to put me in different cars for more money until I told them to just send me my money back. I called to complain to Acura's headquarters- they couldn't care less. I finally submitted a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Lousy experience with Acura’s customer experience…luckily- I got my TSX just the way I wanted it in Marin- and service has been phenomenal there to date.
It's two and a half years too late, but you should have replaced the radiator yourself. It's not all that difficult (trust me, I'm not mechanically inclined).
The same thing happened to me two years ago and I got a replacement from one of the popular radiator places online (who happened to be in the yellow pages as well) for $118 including shipping.
Had it the next day and I was done in a few hours.
Cheers,
Doug
