That title got really long all of a sudden...
My car is in the shop today! We were driving a couple days ago when I noticed my brakes starting to get that You Need To Replace The Pads Right Now feel, so Patrick has chauffeured us to work the last two days and the brakes were taken care of at Honest Auto this morning. I actually think they are pretty honest about needed car repairs. Plus it really wouldn't do them any good to be dishonest, since their entire marketing ploy is based around not screwing people.
Apparently my front brake pads were nearly metal on metal (I knew I felt something), and my back ones needed maintenance, so those are now fixed, all for the low price of $350! Hah. Oh well. At least I'd only felt the brakes being weird for those couple of days and then stopped driving it, so no damage was done to the rotors and all is well. Fortunately Patrick's checks from a recording gig and the ballet will more than cover this cost. I think it's been something like eight years since the pads were last replaced. Maybe nine.
Anyway, I'm glad to have all that taken care of. They were very nice and polite to me, which I always appreciate. I wish I didn't have to fork over a big pile of money this afternoon, but what are you going to do? That is the way the car cookie crumbles.
4 comments:
Oh, I'm so glad you were able to get this taken care of before anything bad happened, darling! I'm glad you had the cash to do it and I hope you get your car back post haste and all is well afterward! <3 And it's always nice to get good service at a repair shop, there are some really good, honest guys around here, too! ^^ Have a lovely evening, darling! <3 <3 <3 *
+Rei Bathory+
I remember back when I had my first car, good ol '98 Honda Civic standard, and I had driven my sister and brother to the movies - to see The Exorcism of Emily Rose. And when we left the parking lot, my car began making the most terrifyingly real demonic sounds! We were freakin. What excellent timing for the brakes to screw around and grind bolts underneath us all after having absorbed all those supernatural images into our brains. I'm glad you were able to fix yours before it got serious! xoxo
I'll need brakes soon too and won't get off that "cheaply." :( However, we definitely need ones that are in good working order!
This sounds hilarious... lol What wonderful timing! You poor scared dears. I'm glad I was too! And I'm glad I hadn't just watched Christine or something, hah.
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