Here I sit at the hotel in San Bernardino,CA. Truck is still in the shop. Freightliner said that they looked at it and nothing is wrong. Apparently whomever looked at it is related to the same person in Dallas who looked at it. Then of course there are us plus 4 others that have looked at it and said something is wrong. This guy at Freightliner said he measured and it was only 3/8's of an inch off. Well, we already know that the frame is a little off. Already measured that. But that isn't the problem. The CAB is what is off. 2 inches off at that. Which we told them and if they had measured the CAB and not the FRAME they would have seen the difference. Also, if they had looked at the back of the truck they would have noticed that the passenger side airbag wasn't isn't inflated all the way and is twisted. Of which we also pointed out. Even the estimator at the Fontana OC told us it was a Freightliner issue since they have had that same problem with several other trucks in the 47 series. It is just really really frustrating. So in the morning we are heading back to Freightliner, remeasuring things and then asking to speak to a shop manager. Hopefully he has eyes and knows how to use them.
Because of all this we are at a La Quinta in San Bernardino,CA and paying WAY too much for it. It is race weekend here and the hotel the OC normally uses is booked up. Also all the surrounding hotels are booked. While we were checking in here today, we saw the semi carrying Kevin Harvick's car drive down the road to their hotel. So drivers are even staying out where we are. And prices are JACKED up for this weekend. I know this will be fun getting them to reimburse us for the motel.
Because we are stuck here, and they do not have a shuttle, we rented a car for a few days. It was really nice today though because we got the rental, checked into the hotel, took a nap, then drove down to Huntington Beach and watched the sunset from the pier. It was so damn relaxing. Headed back, went to Applebee's for dinner, had a great margarita and am now back at the hotel.
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