#32 serviced

If having the car serviced was simply a case of dropping it off at the mechanics and paying and picking it up again I probably would have done this more often. But its all such a pain. Prior to taking it I have to wash the car and clean it inside, which is a double pain with all our water restrictions. Luckily those were relaxed recently so I could wash the car at home, albeit only with a bucket, but there are few things I hate more than going down to the car wash where I have to queue for ages with all the moronic rev-heads, ugh. In the summer here there's no way to avoid that cleaning the car will be a very hot and sweaty job, especially as being inside my non-airconditioned car any time after 7am in December is painful. Then there's the getting from the mechanics to work and back to the mechanics again before they shut, which is always around peak hour so mean getting home again in traffic. But of course the worst part is the feeling that you're going to be ripped off, especially if you're a woman. I dont know much about cars its true, so I alwys have the feeling the mechanic will tell me a load of things (usually expensive things) that the car needs which it doesnt need, and they probably generally do. On top of which then they doubt you on the things that you know it does need, dont do it despite you asking beforehand and then you have to bring it back again another day to get it done.
Still, the service is done now, didnt cost a fortune everything seems more or less OK. I do have a list of suggested repairs but they didnt talk me into any of them and nothing seemd urgent.
The wrote down that the next servie should be in 6 months, he he.