[Chappy]

Originally Posted by JYO

Dave, the driver calls me this morning and says he will be in Dallas by 11am (he's a half day ahead of schedule!). I'm wrapping up an out of town cabin trip with the wife and kids so we high-tail it to get to town and meet him near my house where he's dropping off another car. My car is on the top rack and he lets me inspect the bottom. My untrained eye says it looks good and was glad to not see any oily areas like I have on bottom of my E.

he unloads the car carefully and we're all smiles. As I put the car in reverse I accidentally hit the keyless go and turn off engine. I can't turn it back on and am mildly panicked. I ask Dave how to turn it back on. His instructions don't work and we realize he still has my key! I'm now now glad I accidentally turned it off or he was going to be heading to Houston with my only key.

Kids (ages 9 and 7) insist on riding back home with me. Booster seat doesn't quite fit well but we manage. I get going and realize I've forgotten what the difference between upshift and downshift means as I hit the wrong paddle shifter button....engine goes Vrroooom and kids say "wow, did you hear that? Daddy go faster" I finally get my bearings after panicking again that the car's tranny doesn't know what it's doing. I figure out the shifting and as I do a quick lane change my son says "Man, it's just like a go kart!" Indeed.

We get home and pull into garage. I go back out a few minutes later to re-park the car so it won't accidentally gets scraped up when kids leave later. I park it better and before entering the house turn back to look at the car. When I enter the house my son asks me "Why do you have such a big smile?"


.........will continue

Enjoy it!!