Seals are Pinepeds

About 60 days left before I begin my cross country adventure and I haven't had the truck serviced in about four years. Well  , I had the oil changed but I got really mad at the local Nissan dealer in Walnut Creek. You see some crook broke into my truck and stole my radio and cd and ripped open the console. I went to get it repaired and was told the parts would be in "next week" Next week turned into 4 months and then they called and said " the parts are here, bring your truck in tomorrow". I was over joyed and came in with a smile on my face, just to be told it was a prank by the parts manager who had quit the night before. I was furious. So off to LA and I took the truck in to a dealer in Hawthorne and asked , "how long to get this console repaired?" He responded " one day, the parts are local". right then and there I made up my mind never to use the local dealer again.

Now its four years later and I went to a new dealer and told him I am planning to travel across the country and don't want to miss the family gathering  while being stuck in Upper Armpit, Alabama waiting for parts. The service manager smiled and assured me he would give the truck a complete inspection.  That was Monday morning, by the afternoon the patient was found to be suffering from severe seal failure, bad breaks( spelling error intended), and list of maladies to numerous to enumerate. He let me know the cost to repair everything would be slightly  more than a first class airline ticket to North Carolina..... mmmm what to do? scap the truck? fix it and swallow hard or buy a new vehicle. I chose option two.
Four days later its Thursday night and I still have no truck. It seems they have ordered a seal and it hasn't come in yet. Does this sound familiar? If not re read paragraph 1, different dealer same story. I even offered to go over to Marine world and get them a seal but the fellow laughed and said it wouldn't fit my model. The only silver lining to this cloud is that the trip is still 60 days away and its spring here in California and the seals are all pupping and maybe one of them will volunteer to help keep my transmission intact.