and drove south, over Cajon Pass, down Interstate 15, 215, and Interstate 15 again, back to Escondido by noon. We got all our stuff transferred over to the Jeep, turned in the rental car, and were ready to check the Jeep out of the repair shop, where we ran into the warranty company rules. They don’t authorize payment until the final paperwork, including the rental car, is submitted, so the repair shop could not actually check us out until they faxed the paperwork and got a response. I asked about the turnaround time for approval. The warranty company had advised that they’d try to get it done within 2 hours.
Two hours? We were buried deep within Southern California traffic and now it was 1pm. We wanted to be long-gone before rush-hour started and turned our 3 hour trip to Barstow into a 6 hour trip. We gave them 15 minutes. Time to create a solution. We paid our share of the repair on our credit card. We paid the warranty company’s share on our credit card as well. The repair shop is paid. We’re good to go. When the warranty company payment comes through to the repair shop, they’ll credit our card back. No harm, no foul, we’re gone.
We retraced our morning route on Interstate 15, 215, and 15, to the north this time, continued past the Highway 138 turn to Palmdale, and stopped in Barstow for the night. We’re on our way back to Colorado. Tomorrow night, Flagstaff, Arizona.
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