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something I am grateful for today
Mar. 8th, 2011 12:10 pmThe [new-ish] car has been making a funny noise lately and I thought the steering had gotten a bit stiff, so I took it in to the garage this mornin to get it checked out.
The funny noise was “coolant that had gotten into the heating core” [whatever that is] and there was “a power steering fluid leak from an open seal” which just needed to be resealed, not replaced.
Total bill: an hour's labour.
I'm always hearing that garages will look for any opportunity to make you buy parts whether you need them or not... that they will always take advantage of your ignorance if you're not an auto mechanic yourself. Which I'm not. So I was leaving myself especially wide open today, the “funny noise” coulda been anything, and they coulda told me anything and I'd be none the wiser.
So I am grateful for one of the smallest car repair bills I ever had, and for a bit of renewed faith in my garage.
The funny noise was “coolant that had gotten into the heating core” [whatever that is] and there was “a power steering fluid leak from an open seal” which just needed to be resealed, not replaced.
Total bill: an hour's labour.
I'm always hearing that garages will look for any opportunity to make you buy parts whether you need them or not... that they will always take advantage of your ignorance if you're not an auto mechanic yourself. Which I'm not. So I was leaving myself especially wide open today, the “funny noise” coulda been anything, and they coulda told me anything and I'd be none the wiser.
So I am grateful for one of the smallest car repair bills I ever had, and for a bit of renewed faith in my garage.
