Yikes! I'm sorry for you. I hope you get reimbursed and get some wheels soon.

 

Dude, I feel for you! I was gonna make some joke about parting it out to us, but this is no place for a joke. Then I started thinking. . . if you've got the room, why not save it and part it out? I bet you could get better than two grand by the time you were through. And if you get another GE, you could have spares for yourself, too.

 

BobaFit--I'm a city girl. I don't think Chicago would appreciate my car being parted out on the side of the road.

 

Or they'd definitely make you buy another effing overpriced sticker and park it for 4 bucks an hour.

 

Final resolution:

JiffyLube's insurer finally has agreed to pony up. As the engine is still under warranty, they will be paying for the installation of a new one. And they are paying for my rental car while it gets done.

The sticky wicket was never JiffyLube, it was their insurer, who I think was really misbehaving on this. But it's all water under the bridge now--I get my Fit back, which is all I wanted in the first place. And for all my troubles, which were considerable, I feel compensated by having a new engine.

 

Good deal. I'm happy for you.

 

Congrats, man Aren't you glad you didn't sell the shell now? Mark W.

 

Excellent, exactly what should have happened. Now just avoid the quick lube places. :-)