Thank goodness for warranties

So it was a good thing last week that my car came out of the shop. Last Friday I got a call from Ken at Laurentian Motors advising that my car was ready. I had put it in the shop on December 29, first of all for a regular oil change but also because some dash lights were showing. The parking brake needed service, the cruise control needed service, the 4x4 wasn’t working and as I pulled into the shop, the service guy said the engine light had come on. Okay then. Time to check everything. This was all two weeks ago. I figured it would take a couple of days. The service called back two days later. Said there was a tonne of work needed to get done and he needed me to approve it Thank goodness I had an extended warranty. Service guy said the total work bill would be over $9,000 which included transmission work. He said he would notify the warranty people to get it all approved. And so he did. Picked up the car on Friday. Cost of the warranty work was $9,730. My cost was only $434. Yes, this was a good week.