What happened: My lower balljoint snapped today.
This is more of a rant I guess.
An eventful day. Why? Cause me and my friend planned to go hike at Echo Mountain at 6am. I only had 3 hrs of sleep prior because I wasn’t tired and couldn’t sleep early. Anyways, the hike was awesome. The Railroad house/station/hotel up there was good to see. Too bad they demolished it. Anyway we were done at 12pm. Had In&Out. Awesome by the way. Dropped my friend off and was on my way home.
I’m in the SGV. I was on Rosemead s/b about to get on the 60east. I just barely turned my wheel to the right and SNAP car lowered in height on the driverside tire squeal so I knew what just happened. I pulled to the right as far as I can and braked. Took a couple pics.
Not even 2mins and a cop pulls up behind me. Asked if I needed a tow truck. I said, “Not yet, I need to make a few calls.” Made a few calls and no one had AAA. One did but she didn’t pick up. I was running out of options. Few minutes went by and the cop said I needed to move my car, I’m “blocking the road”. He said he can let me stay longer if I can move it off the road and into the dirt area. I’m already at the edge of the road, then it’s like a 6 inch drop into the dirt area. There’s PLENTY of space on the left side of my car for cars to get thru and there was a lot of cars that did. They didn’t even need to SQUEEZE thru. I’m not BLOCKING the road. I have my hazards on and my car is bright green, you can’t miss that and slam into me. So I looked at the cop and said, “There’s no way my car can move right now.” Derp.
I made a few more calls and no luck. The cop already called a tow truck to come. He didn’t even wait for me to confirm that I needed one. Anyways, I thought, “F it” the truck is here. At least it’s a flatbed. I was tired, needed to go use the restroom really bad, so all I could think of is home. Tow it home to Westco. There goes $188. The guy had a problem dropping my car off. He didn’t want to rip my front bumper off cause his truck is stuck at a certain angle. So he gets his jack. This is what upsets me the most at the moment. He moved it to the undercarriage area where your feet is at, right underneath the steering wheel. I told him to lift at the rails cause it’s stronger there. He insisted. I insisted. He did his way. I watched that spot bend… Then I pointed it out to him. He just kept quiet. Fcker.
NOW he listens and lifts at the rail. Car dropped off successfully. I got in my car and felt the bump with my shoes on. MAN THIS IS GOING TO BOTHER ME. DAMMIT. I’ve thought about writing a complaint but it’s an old car. If it’s a new car then I definitely will write a complaint to the company and want it fixed. I’m pretty sure if I did, the driver would deny it since it’s an old car and whatnot.
I hate to say this and bring it up again: “When you need a cop, they take forever to come. When you don’t need them, they’re right there quick.”
Oh, and when I got home, my friend that has AAA called back. If the cop didn’t show up and pressured me, I would’ve saved a few bucks!
F that cop for pressuring me and F that tow truck driver for putting a nice dent on my undercarriage.
