BAD CHI
In our office we give a hard time to anyone that has bad computer chi. You know, when everything seems to be going wrong with every computer a person touches. Right now I am waiting for a call back from Dell so I can get a new motherboard for my laptop. I am currently get 10 times the speed over my wireless broadband card as I am through ethernet. The speakers also are not working. Due to scheduling errors, Dell's rep showed up on the one day I had the laptop at our Orem office last week. When we called to reschedule, it took an hour to again convince Dell that the motherboard was bad. (This was after more than 2 hours the first time.)
As bad as my computer chi has been lately, my auto chi has been even worse. Two weeks ago my engine seize up in my convertible. Unbeknownst to me, the 2.7l engine in Chryslers apparently have a problem that causes failure of the oil pump - and thus the engine. It would have been nice for Chrysler to have informed its customers of a problem it has apparently known about for several years. I can get partial compensation for the new engine if I can produce every oil change receipt for the last 7 years. If you have a Chrysler with a 2.7l try changing the oil weekly if you want it to last past 75K.
Bateman family auto chi continued on the decline when a few days later a new driver took his dad's new car and ran a red light, thus arranging a sudden meeting with my wife's Yukon. He lost. However, it did mess up my wife's bumper and lights.
But bad chi had just begun. On Monday an unlicensed driver managed to back into my wifes car while it was parked at our children's elementary school. The thought of a 15 year old driving in an elementary school parking lot at the end of the school day is pretty terrifying. I could not believe our luck, as my wife's car now has boo boos on both ends.
A few hours later I was sitting at a red light. How would I get my wife's car fixed, since my convertible would be in the shop for the next two weeks. Yes, I have my new car but - what was that - a pick up truck rear-ending me. So yes, I have three cars. All damaged. What else could go wrong. Needless to say, I park my new car with the front end in. I hope the concrete wall doesn't collapse.
As bad as my computer chi has been lately, my auto chi has been even worse. Two weeks ago my engine seize up in my convertible. Unbeknownst to me, the 2.7l engine in Chryslers apparently have a problem that causes failure of the oil pump - and thus the engine. It would have been nice for Chrysler to have informed its customers of a problem it has apparently known about for several years. I can get partial compensation for the new engine if I can produce every oil change receipt for the last 7 years. If you have a Chrysler with a 2.7l try changing the oil weekly if you want it to last past 75K.
Bateman family auto chi continued on the decline when a few days later a new driver took his dad's new car and ran a red light, thus arranging a sudden meeting with my wife's Yukon. He lost. However, it did mess up my wife's bumper and lights.
But bad chi had just begun. On Monday an unlicensed driver managed to back into my wifes car while it was parked at our children's elementary school. The thought of a 15 year old driving in an elementary school parking lot at the end of the school day is pretty terrifying. I could not believe our luck, as my wife's car now has boo boos on both ends.
A few hours later I was sitting at a red light. How would I get my wife's car fixed, since my convertible would be in the shop for the next two weeks. Yes, I have my new car but - what was that - a pick up truck rear-ending me. So yes, I have three cars. All damaged. What else could go wrong. Needless to say, I park my new car with the front end in. I hope the concrete wall doesn't collapse.
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