I hit the 1,000 miles! Time for an oil consumption check and topping off of whatever oil the Elantra had devoured, especially since it seemed to be shaking a bit more lately. And I left a voice message or two for the Service section every day from Wednesday through Saturday--I didn't Sunday because they're not open--and didn't get a single call back to my desperate requests for an appointment that made sense. I say "make sense" because I could reach scheduling and they said Service couldn't see my Elantra until September 13! Best offer, I show up September 2 at 7 a.m. as an "emergency." I told them it had to be around 1,000 miles to fulfill the warranty conditions and I couldn't stop using my car for a month. Were they going to give me another car to drive for free all that time? I doubted it, and I was correct. They absolutely did not care, and since this was just a scheduling person and not a Service person there was nothing she could do so there was no use in talking to her about it.
With Koeppel Hyundai Service being an absolute neglectful bastard, I called another Hyundai dealer Saturday to see if I could transfer my case to them... and found out that I could not. But! The actual Service person I was on the phone with from Empire Hyundai suggested I just show up Monday at 7 am as an emergency since I would have to start this whole process all over again if I went a hundred miles over that 1,000. Having to pay $85 once for Hyundai-certified oil and a filter was enough. I'm glad somebody told me.
So I did that. Showed up at 7 am with my Elantra, when asked if I had an appointment explained why I didn't, and they took my car and did the oil consumption check and topped off the oil while I waited there for over two hours.
I'm glad that worked, though I was nervous Sunday about what hell they might try to put me through for it. Especially since I ended up being over 30 miles over because I had to keep driving my car while Service ducked all my calls for days.
The blue post-it paper I put up shows the mileage I had when I brought the Elantra in this time, so I know what number I need to hit 1,000 miles again. The label above it is what Hyundai put on July 1 when I got the certified oil and filter.
By the way, it turned out that my Elantra burned half a quart of oil this time, better than the two quarts on regular oil but still far from normal.
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A recent drive in which I spun I Dont Know How But They Found Me's Razzmatazz and sung along to the full album reiterated to me that I am far from being in performing shape. Here, part of it is the propulsive way idkHow's Dallon Weekes sometimes shoots syllables and interjections out and how high he sometimes pushes his voice, but I no longer have the diaphragm/muscle strength/control I once built into myself. My chest started to feel somewhat hollow by the end. It doesn't help that I was singing the whole thing sitting down while driving, since I "pull" the higher and more difficult notes up with my arms or from my legs as I stand when performing.
I'm glad I was able to put the disappointing live show footage behind me so I could enjoy this album again. I'll let Razzmatazz mean what it means to me without bothering with whatever they choose to do or not do in live shows I won't go see in person or look for online.