Matilda's car trouble, part deux It's finally time for the tow truck.→[More:]So the Nissan dealership on the Eastside has made me an extra key and they are expecting me at the service department to take out the broken piece. But since the tow truck driver on Thursday showed me that I could start the car with the stump of the key, I just drove home in order to avoid the snow. I've been driving around for a couple of days with the stump, and yesterday I took it to a locksmith that lives about 3/4 mile away from my house. He dug around in there with some locksmith tools but couldn't get it out. The result was that now the stump doesn't start the car so it is stuck at this locksmith's house. It was getting cold so he invited me into his house. I met his wife, who was baking a pie. There were buddhas all over the place. They were sweet people, and he was really sorry he couldn't help me. I offered to take them out for coffee sometime, and they agreed because we are kind of neighbors and it might be nice just to hang out.

This morning I called AAA and they have a truck on the way. The good news is that the driver can take the car to Bellevue and drop it off there, and the dealership will sign for it so I don't have to ride all the way over to the Eastside and then take a 1+ hour bus ride back home.