Saturday, August 02, 2008

Unfortunate Encounter With Cars

Three weeks back I had a bad experience with my car. I remember I woke up late on a Saturday morning and I had to rush to work. The day before I had a bad day and didn't sleep well. In the morning, I didn't check my tyre to make sure there is air in them. Little did I know that there was a small nail which poke into my back right tyre. The tyre was losing air slowly.

I didn't know nor did I realize there was something wrong as I drove to work. I was also speeding as I was racing against time. Suddenly, I felt a bump and it was like I was driving on 3 wheels and not 4 wheels suddenly. I panicked. I was driving on the rim on the flat tyre. I slowed down and drove to the side of the road to change tyre. I didn't know what I am to do that time when 2 guys came and help me in changing the tyre. 

I was lucky that I got help. It was an unforgetable time for me and it is haunting me still when I drive. I'm so scare the samething would happen again -_-"

On the other hand, last night, 31 July, Daniel called me about 9.30pm. I was thinking he wanted to ask me out for yam cha. But what came out of his mouth was, "My car battery ran flat. I need help!" -_-" He left his car lights on and it drain off the battery. I then went out to see what I can do to help him. I took him round to look for a battery shop when my car didn't manage to jump start his car. 

We went round but didn't manage to find a new dry-cell battery. Daniel was left with no choice bu to call his mum till he got her. He finally got her and his mum send their family foreman to come help him. When the foreman arrived, he just charge the batt but there was something wrong so he went and check and tighten the connector as it was lose. Now I realize it was the connector which was lose that I failed in jump starting the car.

It seems that Daniel tried pushing his car and start but was a failure. He push his car from Darul Salam to the main road near Starbucks. I salute him for that. After the foreman tighten the connector, the car can charge back and it was solved. His foreman then told him not to ask others to jump start for him as it can kill both the car batteries. It seems Daniel using a very high quality battery which recharge itself if such incident happen. Besides that, the circuit board for his car battery and mine is totally different. Haih...

The main concern is for Daniel to get home safely and it did happen. His car is in good shape once the foreman came and help him solve his problem ^_^

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