Car Repairs

As I figured, the truck turned out to be more of a pain than at first thought. Mainly because the dealer told me he would have it ready the same afternoon I brought it in. Turns out they either didn't have some bracket they needed or had the wrong bracket. Of course they could not possibly get the right bracket until late in the afternoon and the truck would most likely be ready the next morning. Surprise, surprise! So, it ended up that they did get the bracket and did call right around lunch to come and get it. While there I decided to have some extra keys made for my Xterra. This also became a 45 minute ordeal because at first the guy at the counter didn't make keys so they had to locate the guy who did. Once there he had problems in deciding which key was mine even though I had the tag they gave me when I bought the car. Finally, after several minutes of trying to find it on the computer he noticed I had the tag which had the key number on it (I had told him this when he first asked me if he could help me).
Anyway, so he takes the tag, types the number in a computer and lo! there it is. All he has to do is insert a blank key in the machine and the computer does the rest. And, as if to add insult to injury, the keys cost a mere $4.50 each. So, at least I have the keys and the new bumper on the car. It's over and done with and hopefully I won't have to do anything like this for a long, long time.