Recall Clearance Letter

I thought a diversion from real estate might be in order - though I hope to have news by the weekend. Things were going fine regarding the above referenced letter. I found the info on Honda and checked out the "Owner Link" website. I discovered that our car had had a recall in 1999. More on that in a moment! I then spoke with to a very nice and helpful woman at American Honda. Found out what I needed to fax to them to get the letter. Then I asked about the "recall" because I knew they couldn't issue a clearance if there was an outstanding recall on the vehicle. She said that I would need to talk with our dealer, they would have to address the "recall," notify American Honda, and that they could then send the letter.

I emailed with a really nice guy at the dealership. But, here's why recall is in quotation marks above... The "recall" is a problem with the driver's side Honda floor mat, which we never purchased. If we did have the floor mat, and wished to keep it, we would bring the car in and they would install a bolt that would keep it from catching on the accelerator. But, since we don't have the mat, we have to bring the car in so that they can see that we don't have the mat. Now, call me crazy, but what's to keep me from taking the mat out, going to the dealership, then putting the mat back in? I mean, obviously that would be stupid since they would be fixing it for free and eliminating a risk. But, doesn't it seem a bit ridiculous to have to drive up there so that they can look and go, "Oh, no mat" and make the notation in the database? Grrrr... Bureaucracy.

Fortunately we've got some work to be done before driving 2000 miles anyway and we'll just go sooner rather than later, but geez... So, once we can find half a day to spend at the dealership, we can get this one checked off the "moving stuff" list.

Hard to believe that two months from today we could be in Fredericton. I wonder, wonder...