Took the car into the service centre to get it serviced as well as find out what is causing the strange noise in the engine compartment when idling (it's usually up to me to notice these things) and basically rotted the time away because the so-called free WiFi in the waiting area wasn't working for me.
Because I hadn't made an appointment, I was a "walk-in": I was there from 10.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. It's a lot of time to kill. Which might have something to do with the slight miscommunication - they called my mother's phone (who doesn't carry it on her person, and I've had trouble calling her as it was) not knowing I was in the waiting area and la di da. Sigh.
It was the Monday before Raya - the service centre was busy, and people (presumably) taking time off to service their cars before leaving town. I even heard one of the guys at the counter telling someone on the phone to come over Wednesday cos people would've left town already.
I even packed my laptop (which doesn't leave the house) to do the road test. So much for that.
Anyway, the reason why the weird sound when idling was because the two of the mounting on the engine was deteriorating and needed replacing. What I didn't expect was it to cost over RM200 each and the bill to be over RM600. Even then, I didn't have enough cash on my person and fortunately I could pay with the ATM card. Guess who owes me money now.
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