Day 13: The end of the Oil Change message

Cut and paste from yesterday. It's Sunday. No news. No replacement. But we didn't expect anything today anyway.

On the rentacar side, the annoying Change the Oil message is gone now thanks to youtube. Seriously, you can google anything and there's a fix. Last summer after a week with a warm fridge I finally googled its symptoms and came up with a video showing the exact problem, with a thorough step by step process of what parts would need replacement and how to dismantle the fridge to get at them (saving my hundreds of dollars in the process). Turning off the Oil change message was a no-brainer in comparison, but it just reminded me of a valuable lesson in crowd-sourced knowledge. Another reason to give back to the crowd via this blog. If Honda somehow has feelers out to the minutiae of a Honda Airbag mention somewhere on an obscure blog post, and then actually get in touch with the poster, just think of the possibilities. It would have been more efficient to just use Twitter from the start, but A) I don't do well in 140 characters, and B) I did start a Twitter account that was promptly taken down after 4 harmless tweets from the perspective of the lonely Honda Fit airbag, now stranded at the dealer. Here are those four tweets from @hondaairbag (since suspended by twitter)

Honda Airbag ‏@hondaairbag  Mar 8

Uh-oh, I've been recalled #takata #honda #airbagrecall

Honda Airbag ‏@hondaairbag  Mar 8

Off to @Enterprise to pick up the @Honda paid-for rentacar. @Honda sez repair will take 2-3 months. Thanks for the long @Hyundai test drive.

Honda Airbag ‏@hondaairbag  Mar 8

Background info: I'm an airbag in a 2012 @Honda Fit. I fit well in, unlike @Hyundai, or does it (picture of the Hyundai in the garage, mostly)

Honda Airbag ‏@hondaairbag  Mar 8

I want to come home...

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The last tweet was a link this site. Basically I was trying to get Honda's attention in a marginally humorous way, rather than a foaming-at-the-mouth angry customer way. Bottom line is that I'm not an angry customer. I've driven Hondas pretty consistently since 1984, starting with an 81 Civic, then an 88 Civic, and a 91 Civic wagon (get a family, need more space) before the Fit. I'm just disappointed that I've got to live without my car for potentially months. I really really look forward to getting it back. I'm not thrilled with the prospect of my garaged car living outside and not moving for a long period of time either. I wonder how the dealer is dealing with this. I'll have to call them and find out. A subject for another day.