Our little blue Sunfire just passed the eleven-thousand kilometre spin on her odometer, and we’re rewarding her with an oil change, lube, and tire rotation. Only eleven megameters old and our little gal has already been through a few trials. My, how time does fly.

Oddly enough, I called the shop this afternoon to make the appointment and was told that there was a recall on the car.

Said the receptionist: “Oh, I just noticed there is a recall for 2003 Sunfires noted here.”

“A recall? Really?” I ask.

“Yes, sir.” She replies quickly. “Hold on one second and I’ll look it up.” And I get to listen to crackling adult contemporary for about thirty tedious seconds.

“Sir?”

“Yes?”

“The recall is for the software in your car.”

“Software?”

“Yes, sir.” She says quickly. “There is a software update needed for your car.”

“Uh… Okay.” It catches me off guard, and I confirm the appointment one last time before I hang up the phone.

Now, having pondered this for a few hours, I consider the possibilities: how many reasons can there be to update the software in a vehicle? I can think of two: it’s either an “upgrade” or a “fix.” And considering it’s a recall, I would probably guess “fix.” So how many people want to know that the software in their car is buggy? It may be overstated, but it sort of gives new meaning to the words “potential crash”.