Transmission Failure, Texas Towing, and Extended Warranty Frustrations
A vehicle's transmission failed during a trip to a local farmers market, forcing a return home in reverse. A tow truck driver named Red from Texas Towing transported the vehicle to a Ford garage, where disputes arose regarding the coverage of an extended warranty. The experience is contrasted with the service provided by Lexus, which typically offers loaner vehicles for repairs.
ford· texas towing· transmission· extended warranty· lexus· farmers market
00:00 I have tech news. You have tech news, John? I actually have tech news...I have a clip! Adam Curry, John C. DeVora It's Sunday July 27th 2014 it's time for your GetMonation Media Assassination episode 638 This is no agenda We're all waiting for beers here in the South Austin safe house and FEMA region 6 capital of the drone star state. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where it's supposed to be 99 degrees today but it's about 50. I'm John C. DeVoreis It's crackpot and buzzkill! Now is that just climate change playing tricks on you or is it going to warm up? Or is that a hundred...and it feels like fifty
00:41 Well, it was said this is according to the when we did the last show which was on Thursday They predicted that Friday was gonna be like 90 and then Saturday it's gonna be 99 and Sunday was gonna Be 99 so I was gonna be hot right? Right. So Saturday so Friday turned out to be the hottest day yesterday was windy and kind of mild and Today, it's basically cold Okay, well it finally hit here the past two days have been a hundred plus in good in Texas. Well not so good Oh yeah, I know that's good for the weather no Yeah, I didn't talk about it but on Thursday Just before the show like five minutes before the show Miss Mickey calls me and it was raining It was one of those crazy morning rain storms kind of here
01:32 And she's like, I just pulled off the highway. I was driving and hit the accelerator and it didn't move. It didn't accelerate! When you're in a big truck or when people drive like morons... It's a little scary. Well, because California they do the same thing of course and I said well you know did you just get gas? No two days ago it could be that you know the gas was crappy or something like that and she couldn't really figure out but it was hard for me to diagnose what the problem was anyway so she asked her call the garage yeah and they should all well we don't have a replacement car coming Monday so anyway Mickey finally gets this car home
02:12 She's actually driven it on Friday, and she says something wrong doesn't feel right and then yesterday with you know now It's a hundred two degrees like oh Let's let's go to the farmers market I get in the car And we drive reverse out of the driveway put it in gear and we go like three feet and then Like okay. Let me try like this sound So the transmissions dropped out it only goes in Reverse I'm reversing around the farmers market. Anyway, exactly So I'm reversing around the block to get back and but you know now this is where it starts Where you know now? I have to figure out how many I can't drive to the to the Ford garage in reverse so I gotta call them Yeah, like I'll call them like yeah We'll send over Texas towing which is red that you gotta imagine
03:06 Red is about 300 pounds. He's he's got a complete bright orange short cropped hair and beard You know three teeth in his face Huge belly, and he's good. Hey I'm red! I'm here to take you And of course after ride with him to the Ford garage and now it was much of a conversationalist Oh yeah? He loved talking is hot in the truck. Yeah that air-conditioned don't work. That's okay. I mean it was big sweaty red in the truck It's all just horrible. And then, you know I bought that extended warranty because when you buy a second-hand car like this and I get there and say oh yeah we'll see if all the parts are covered under your warranty... What? What do you mean all the parts?! That is exactly what you said to me! Like please don't don't do this to me
03:52 and they say well we're going to double check you know because of course we've moved I don't have i can't find any paperwork here. Well, if you can rent the car and then you know if it turns out that's covered under your extended warranty then you'll get a voucher and will charge... It's like ah this is gonna be horrible It was funny when you have a Lexus and my car is what 20 plus years old. Yeah, old Lexus nothing nothing wrong with it Well know that's well yeah well there's that but the other thing is interesting Is that they will always loan you a car? That's why I was like What's the problem? You know he's like come on. I bought the car here nine months ago Yeah
04:35 It was one of those things, you know. When you have all the extra expenses and moving and then your tranny drops out... And boy do I hate it when the tranny drops out! Yeah, bet ya do! So now all this takes place in a hundred... You just bought the car few months ago. Yeah, nine months ago. It should be covering this without the extended anything! No you have to know you had I think it's 60-day lemon law or something and Well, the lemon laws got nothing to do with the thing falling apart. Well look i'm not a very sophisticated buyer of automobiles I guess Oh maybe? I'm sorry
