Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Little blessings and honest mechanics
Never met an honest mechanic? I have - in fact, there have been many a time that I have thought about keeping a Honda just so I can continue taking my car to the guys at First Texas Honda.
Today I took my car into the shop for one of those "major" maintenance overhauls. We had budgeted a certain portion for this month, knowing that I haven't taken my car in since last spring. When I got there, Jeff told me that I didn't really need the major one - that they would look for anything that was wrong as they did the minor maintenance. I was fine with that, but sort of expected something to come up, need repair, and we would still have to use our budgeted amount.
When I got the call today that my car was ready, I asked for a quote. I had to repeat it back. 1/4 the price that I expected! Are you sure? Yep.
Little blessings:
- good mechanics (shout out to First Tx. Honda) who don't take my money just cause they can
- a small bill when we were expecting a large one
- a 8 year old car that is running well and doesn't need a lot of work
It's always good to take a step back and count your blessings - now I need to remember that tomorrow.
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