[GFXjamie]

so i left for home from florida yesterday around 9am, everything was fine until i hit north kentucky and thought its time for more redbull, a pack of smokes and top up on gas. got gas, got my stuff etc. and started driving. GPS power wasnt working, WTF??? well as soon as i got onto the highway, BAM there it was, cool. i get through cincinatti and heading into dayton ohio, there it goes again, about 2 minutes later, my stereo shuts off and turns back on. then my lights start to dim a bit. so i dim all interior lighting, remove stereo faceplate, unplug wideband, unplug GPS and turn off fogs, headlights gradually dim more and more.

finally met an exit and pulled off. checked all my wiring under the hood, everything checks out, no loose battery terminals, no shorts in my old stereo wiring, nothing that was apparent with a flashlight at 11pm.

decided to wait until daylight to drive the rest of the way (another like 7 hours or less) because i will not need lights so hopefully alternator puts out enough to keep car going. well i get to a parking spot and as i am parking it dies.

well time to try road side assistance.... to bad ford doesnt give you a number to call from the states as their canadian number only works up there. had to sit on the phone with my dad at home, tell him what to tell them, have them tell me that 88393km is out of warranty :blink:

needless to say, dad called back without me on the phone, i assume reammed them a new a$$hole and next thing you know i got a call telling me a tow truck would arrive in 45 minutes.

12:50 rolls around and a flat bed shows up, we scrape my front and rear bumpers getting on the truck, and do the same getting it off. i now have a canadian car sitting at an american dealership which doesnt open til monday. currently stuck stranded in a holiday inn that cost me like 100$ for one night.

they had better cover this under warranty or im pretty well f***ed to put it lightly. i have another 200$ to my name after this vacation.

how lucky am i???

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