One Last Kink

When Travis went to pick up the Murano last night, he was happy to find out that the repair was completely covered under warranty. How often does that happen?! Phew!

About a mile and a half from the dealership, the jerky-lurchy thing started happening again, but WORSE. Travis immediately flipped the car around and called Josh to tell him he would be returning with the car. Irritated, he pulled right up to the garage door. The technician ran out to pop the hood. After a quick inspection, it was obvious that the air intake piping had come unattached from the engine.

When he tried to reattach it, the piping would not easily fit back into place. Either the rubber had become hardened over time, or our model had a crappy version of the piping. There was another Murano in the shop, so Josh went over and took the same part from that car and put it into ours. That one had soft piping that easily fit into the engine.

"You're good to go!" Josh said.

Travis next question seemed reasonable, "What's that guy gonna do without this part?"

"Oh, I can just order a new one and have it in place when they come to pick it up on Monday," was his reply.

Ha! Good deal! We didn't have to wait a whole weekend for them to receive the part, and that guy gets a new piece to his engine for free! Although, I'm starting to wonder where that mass flow sensor came from that they just happened to have in stock for us...

Oh ya and PS - there is a flipping tornado watch here this morning. I woke up to thunder. THUNDER. And then quickly checked the forecast. It is mysteriously 60°F with rain, lightning and wind gusts up to 33 mph. What is up with this weather?!

I do not for a second miss the possibility of tornadoes when we lived in this area, but I do miss the rain storms. It's just not the same right next to the ocean.