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<blockquote data-quote="rezrider" data-source="post: 167057" data-attributes="member: 79">ROund 1...&nbsp; OK, it was yesterday...&nbsp; on my way home, 30 mile commute and about 3 miles into it... I'm slowing down for a red light and I hear ding ding ding over the music then I see the check engine light come on then the warning across the dash that reads.;..&nbsp; &quot;REDUCED ENGINE POWER&quot;. I don't notice it since I am slwoing down so I pull into a near by 7-11 when i notice the &quot;rumble&quot;.&nbsp; I park... make a few calls and decide to try to make it to the local Chevy dealer since that's the only place I know of...&nbsp; once i get out on the road I find that the reduced power lets me go only about 10-15 MPH... so I'm rolling up a non-congested road however coming up to a very busy intersection... all the time crossing my fingers please make it. Now, the closer I get to the intersection I'm dreading getting on the busy street, once I get almost to the corner there's a driveway, I'm thinking great, a parking lot for me to stop and call a tow truck... so I pull in and it's a Firestone store... Woo Hoo... 1) I don't have to drive it 3 more miles to Chevy.. they'd have been closed by the time I got there <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/lol.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> and 2) it'll cost less.&nbsp; <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" />&nbsp;Round 2...&nbsp; they sign me in, say they can't do anything until today, no problem, I expecteed that... they called enterprise to coem pick me up, they do, we get all the way to the &quot;E&quot; office when they tell me, &quot;<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/biggrin.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Biggrin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" data-shortname=":D" />an called&quot; ... said they looked at my truck and said the repairs can only be done by a Chevy dealer...&nbsp; something to do with a throttle body senser upgrade... etc. so back I go to the Firestone store.&nbsp; <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumbsdown.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsdown:" title="Thumbsdown&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbsdown:" data-shortname=":thumbsdown:" />&nbsp;Round 3...&nbsp; I get there, ask if they have a tow service, No sir we don't but I can call one for you but they're a ways out... instead I called Chevy and asked if they had a towe service.. Yes sir we do... got the number, picked me up, dropped me and the truck off, arranged ti with Enterprise to pick me up, etc. etc. etc... Done&nbsp; <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" />&nbsp;Today I am driving a hot little number... a Chevy Cruz. Not a bad little car if you're looking for small-mid size... sounds like a sewing machine though when I get on the gas... <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/cool.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="rezrider, post: 167057, member: 79"] ROund 1... OK, it was yesterday... on my way home, 30 mile commute and about 3 miles into it... I'm slowing down for a red light and I hear ding ding ding over the music then I see the check engine light come on then the warning across the dash that reads.;.. "REDUCED ENGINE POWER". I don't notice it since I am slwoing down so I pull into a near by 7-11 when i notice the "rumble". I park... make a few calls and decide to try to make it to the local Chevy dealer since that's the only place I know of... once i get out on the road I find that the reduced power lets me go only about 10-15 MPH... so I'm rolling up a non-congested road however coming up to a very busy intersection... all the time crossing my fingers please make it. Now, the closer I get to the intersection I'm dreading getting on the busy street, once I get almost to the corner there's a driveway, I'm thinking great, a parking lot for me to stop and call a tow truck... so I pull in and it's a Firestone store... Woo Hoo... 1) I don't have to drive it 3 more miles to Chevy.. they'd have been closed by the time I got there :lol: and 2) it'll cost less. :thumb: Round 2... they sign me in, say they can't do anything until today, no problem, I expecteed that... they called enterprise to coem pick me up, they do, we get all the way to the "E" office when they tell me, ":Dan called" ... said they looked at my truck and said the repairs can only be done by a Chevy dealer... something to do with a throttle body senser upgrade... etc. so back I go to the Firestone store. :thumbsdown: Round 3... I get there, ask if they have a tow service, No sir we don't but I can call one for you but they're a ways out... instead I called Chevy and asked if they had a towe service.. Yes sir we do... got the number, picked me up, dropped me and the truck off, arranged ti with Enterprise to pick me up, etc. etc. etc... Done :thumb: Today I am driving a hot little number... a Chevy Cruz. Not a bad little car if you're looking for small-mid size... sounds like a sewing machine though when I get on the gas... :cool: [/QUOTE]

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