TomServo
Active Member
I mean even longer. What happens to some one on a road trip 500, 1000 or 1500 miles from home. Again why can’t the car continue to be driven on ONE MOTOR?Actually it did limp out, after it showed the message, the car still let me move it for about 5 mins. Those options went away by the time the tow truck arrived and I tried to start the car to move in position.
A failure as I stated could cost the owner hundreds if not a thousand dollars, with hotels, rental cars, etc not to mention the sheer terror of being stranded on the side of a highway far from home without any support network, is the tow truck driver going to take you to a hotel? Do you stay at the hotel while some Service Center works on your car, or do you go home only to have to go back days later and get it when it repaired. How does that work?
My wife and I are 70 years old with medical conditions and we’d be under considerable stress if that happened to us. With legacy manufactures there is problbailty of a dealer within 25-50 miles of most major interstates. if they are open at least you have some shelter and safety while you figure out your next move. Yes if they are closed at least you’d be closer to your vehicle. We travel from southern IL to southern MD 3 maybe 4 times a year, via I-64 once past Louisville the next Service Center is in Richmond, maybe Cincinnati or Nashville.
Some will say I’m overthinking this maybe so, but it’s probably 24 years in the USAF speaking, always have a plan and an alternate.
I apology if I sound bitchy, stressed or baffled. But the what if’s linger.
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