Today was Supposed to be the Day...
...we left McAllen, TX to head to Houston. Well, it never happened. Here's what did happen, though. As we were getting ready to head out, I noticed the front left tire on the van looked low on air. I had checked it earlier in the a.m. and it had already lost 5lbs. of air. So, off to Pueblo Tire to get it checked. Got to Pueblo Tire around 10:00am and we were there until about 12:00pm. Found out we had picked up a screw in the tire somewhere between Monterrey and McAllen, TX. About 2 hours and $130.00 for 2 new front tires later, we were going to head out.
Realizing we were hungry for lunch we decided to call some friends to see if they wanted to meet us at Whattaburger. They did and we went. Whattalunch! Heading out from Whattaburger, we realized our check engine light was on. So down the road a couple miles to the Kia dealer in Mission, TX to get it checked out. We waited there a couple hours only to find out that it was a valve that keeps getting clogged, but they are going to replace it this time (this is our 3 or 4th time getting this same issue dealt with).
When they gave us the car back, they informed us that the battery died while they were checking the check engine light. Every once in a while this has happened when the children leave a light on in the van, but Fred at Kia, Mission, TX, informed me that at 4 years our battery was perhaps reaching the end of it's life. I honestly didn't believe him. I figured, "I'll drive it around a little and the battery will recharge, it's done it before." So, off to the Speer Memorial Library in Mission, TX to get books for the children for the drive up to Houston, TX. Picked out the children's books, checked out, got to the car, guess what. Battery's dead. Didn't even turn over. So, I start calling all my friends in McAllen, TX (I have about 4 of them now, all brothers in Christ). Within 15 minutes, someone is heading over to take us to Wal-Mart to pick up a battery. Anyway, by the time we did all that, returned the old battery and hit the road for Houston, TX, it was 8pm. We got about 20mn down the road before Sandra and I looked at eachother and realized, "This is crazy!"
Turned around and headed back to McAllen where we spent the night. It was not a good day.
Realizing we were hungry for lunch we decided to call some friends to see if they wanted to meet us at Whattaburger. They did and we went. Whattalunch! Heading out from Whattaburger, we realized our check engine light was on. So down the road a couple miles to the Kia dealer in Mission, TX to get it checked out. We waited there a couple hours only to find out that it was a valve that keeps getting clogged, but they are going to replace it this time (this is our 3 or 4th time getting this same issue dealt with).
When they gave us the car back, they informed us that the battery died while they were checking the check engine light. Every once in a while this has happened when the children leave a light on in the van, but Fred at Kia, Mission, TX, informed me that at 4 years our battery was perhaps reaching the end of it's life. I honestly didn't believe him. I figured, "I'll drive it around a little and the battery will recharge, it's done it before." So, off to the Speer Memorial Library in Mission, TX to get books for the children for the drive up to Houston, TX. Picked out the children's books, checked out, got to the car, guess what. Battery's dead. Didn't even turn over. So, I start calling all my friends in McAllen, TX (I have about 4 of them now, all brothers in Christ). Within 15 minutes, someone is heading over to take us to Wal-Mart to pick up a battery. Anyway, by the time we did all that, returned the old battery and hit the road for Houston, TX, it was 8pm. We got about 20mn down the road before Sandra and I looked at eachother and realized, "This is crazy!"
Turned around and headed back to McAllen where we spent the night. It was not a good day.
posted by Ron Wilson | 4:30 PM
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