Well today I was on my way home from work and I take the usual route home which is route 9 south towards cromwell.middletown (372). I ended up being stuck in traffic from about the i95 exits. Bumper to bumper for about 45 min. Then when I got closer to my exit the car starts idling under 1000 about 500 or so and starts bogging something crazy. So I sit there for about 10 min giving it gas to keep the rpms up. All of a sudden the car starts bogging again and this time I floor the car in neutral and its not going over 1000 rpms and then just shuts off. Mind you im about a 5 min drive to my house now still on the highway in traffic. End up pulling to the emergency lane and letting it roll down to an overpass but having to stop short cuz theres another guy broken down under the overpass, but instead of being in the emergency lane like he should hes sitting right in the middle of the road. I call my pops to come and give me a jump and hes on his way, in the meantime the other guys friend.gf.w/e comes and gives him a jump and he goes. Im waiting about another 25 for my pops because of all the traffic. Now while waiting a cop shows up, flashes his lights and comes over to me and ask me if I was parked in the middle of the road, I tell him no that guy was there earlier and left. So he asks me if anyone is coming to help and I told him yea my pops is coming to give me a jump, he says ok and walks back to his car. Im waiting and waiting and my pops finally gets there. Hes about to give me a jump and the cop is like you cant do that, its dangerous and I already called a junker to come and pick up the car. Im like wtf 1) I told you he was coming to give me a jump you should have told me he couldnt then and 2) I have AAA if I needed them I would have called them. So im already annoyed because im close to 3 hours parked on the side of the road. Then to top it off my pops was going to wait with me and the cop was like no you cant park your car on the side of the road because then the junker wont be able to pick up the car. So he had to leave. I end up waiting another 30 min. The guy finally comes, hes cool loads up the car and takes it home, But now im screwed because 1) I had AAA they could have done it for free and 2) because the cop called the truck I had to pay a rate thats $30+ more than the usual rate. Ended up paying $85, getting my new exhaust scratched to mickey and cracking my front lip. What a great day....on top of that the car isnt even powering up when you turn the ignition so I cant tell if its the battery or the altenator thats fuct. This crap always happens to me right before im about to get home.... :runaway:
