A car hit a kangaroo.
Luckily I was not there. I would stop for the animal to walk pass the road if I see it. I thought it is illegal to scare an animal or "kill" an animal this way.
Anyway, I laughed when I first heard about it. Then now, I thought it is quite similar to what I faced last Friday.
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Friday afternoon 4p.m
Jing Ee: You drive to pick up Andrew and let Andrew to pick Roger's car from the mechanic.
Me: ok
Me: (I drive. I hope there won't be any problems. My driving skill is not good. Hmm ... Drive a safety route.)
I drove and then reached Andrew's house. ----> Pick up Andrew ---->We chatted. Andrew was guiding me as he knew I am not a very skilful driver now. Thanks for that. When we reached the crossroad between Albany highway and manning road (It is right just one car behing a traffic light.), we talked about job hunting and study and then the car died. I was thinking how come the battery signal was turned on and the car was so quiet.
Then I told Andrew calmly and said that Jing Ee'scar "DIED". The traffic light was switched to green.
Andrew said," Ha......Ahhhhhhh. quick quick put up the indicator" We kept on switching on and off the car but the car still could not be switched on.
I was looking for it and then Andrew found it.
First I looked for the RAC road side assistance but I could not find it. What I found is the claim number and renewal insurance number. I was liked err ar..... and I needed to press those stupid number. Apparently the number was wrong.
Andrew called Roger instead of Jing Ee(The car owner), "Roger, we cannot pick up your car. Jing Ee car dies again."
I was liked. Huh...Ar.....in my heart, you should call Jing Ee and ask for the roadside assistance. I told him but he could not hear anything.( He was probabaly too nervous and did not know what to do.) The story was very long in just
He managed to pay the car repair. I kept on calling RAC. None was the roadside assistance number.
Cars driving along the road were horning me or yelling at me.
We could not pull a car on road side. We do not have enough strength.
Luckily, some random people help us.
But Andrew still called Roger. I tried to call Jing Ee manytime but he did not pick up my call until very last minute.
I was liked. Eee Ar... He was talking about the accident to his friends
I told Andrew to pass me his phone as Jing Ee sent all his detail into his phone. He stopped me and did not want me to do anything. I started getting angry. On second thought, he was probably scared and fidgeted. Then fine, I tried to turn on Jing Ee's car.
Luckily, I manage to turn on the car and then we drove back home directly as we do not know when it will die again.
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Lesson learned:
1. Don't buy a car more than 10 yrs unless it is very well maintained
2. If your car is old, buy insurance
3. Branded car may not be as gd as it looks
4. Car mechanic cannot be trusted.
5. I should save all important numbers. (Actually, I deleted the roadside assistance number once I sold my car. I thought I would not have such problems but it did. Sigh.)
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