Two weeks ago I went to get the oil changed in my Honda. We are religious about oil changes; a good friend who owned VDS Racing in Midland told us how important it is.
I took it to a shop I have trusted for 4 years in Houston. Mechanics are tuff to trust and it's nice to feel you have a good trustworthy shop.
About an hour after I dropped it off, I got a call from them saying I needed this and that along with the oil change. Trusting them I was OK with it until the guy said, " and your tires are showing some wear and need to be rotated"
I blew! I have brand new tires not two weeks old........they obviously don't need rotating yet.
I told him to forget the air filter, forget the passenger cabin filter and forget the tires and just put new oil and oil filter in.
I told the manager how disappointed I was and he apologized but had no rationale as to why that happened.
So after I dropped off the cruisers today I stopped at O'Reilly's Car Parts and bought an air filter.
Well, what used to be a simple wing nut project is far different today. There were four screws that I needed to back out holding the air filter cover in place. That done I tried to remove the cover.......
No way. Despite mucho force´ bruta I couldn't move it enough to slide out the old filter. I had to release
two spring clips and a large screw clip before I could pull up the cover off.
Anyway it took a while and I saved 10 whole dollars.
On another subject I took the cruisers to Galveston and while I wanted a still picture, my camera was in movie mode so this is what you get.
As I said, I thought I was doing stills but this 'prolonged' snapshot is good too.
Thomas Hobbes: the father of "the social contract"
12 years ago
3 comments:
?? Wassat! where did it go?? need an update ,please. :)
Norma.
Yes, a trustworthy mechanic is hard to find.
Love the big smiles as they embark on their cruise!
OK..I got it :) nice pics. would have loved a video of them all. :)
Norma.
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