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Last fall I changed the oil in the Mustang for its' winter hibernation.
When I went to drop off the old oil at Advance, the rear brakes started making a scraping noise.
Needs new brakes but it can wait until the Spring.
About a month or so ago, took it to the gas station to put a few gallons of fuel in it.
Weather hasn't been good, so it sat since then.
Yesterday I decided to take it to a local shop that always has a lot of older cars being worked on.
This were thngs got weird.
I walk into the customer area and don't see anyone, so I fugure I'll just wait a bit.
Then, I hear a noise behind the counter, so I decide to just wait.
After a bit, a lady pops up and I tell her my car needs new rear brakes.
She was literally hiding from me and tells me they have no appointments until mid June.
I'm ok with that, as I don't need to drive the car.
She goes into the working area and a guy comes back with her.
He goes into this rant that he's unbelievably busy and call back in a month and a half.
I say OK, I'm not in a hurry.
Then says I have to take care of my customers that have been coming here for 35 years, I have to put a steering rack in a DeSoto, I charge $185 an hour for labor, if your car is older I charge $250 and I don't make any money.
I said I'll call you back in a month in a half, then I left.
When I told my wife about this, she said sometimes you scare people.
I'm working on plan B now.

@qbrozen, I just posted something related to this school subject in Cars and Conversations a while ago.

To quote a few wise men, “it’s not how you start but how you finish”. In the end I think I did alright but 5th grade was the worst 3 years of my life.

jmonroe

Well, we're all going to finish the same way... So, regardless of how you started or where you were invited to not return, the best revenge is living well. And you can't do that without the proper car, so I think vengeance is ours for all here!

I loved my college years; my biggest mistake and regret is graduating. I got my act together for my upper division, academically at least, but I'm still maturing as a person. The wife, of course, would tend to disagree with that.

Far from grown. Just check me on a lake weekend

@qbrozen, I just posted something related to this school subject in Cars and Conversations a while ago.

To quote a few wise men, “it’s not how you start but how you finish”. In the end I think I did alright but 5th grade was the worst 3 years of my life.

jmonroe

Well, we're all going to finish the same way... So, regardless of how you started or where you were invited to not return, the best revenge is living well. And you can't do that without the proper car, so I think vengeance is ours for all here!

I loved my college years; my biggest mistake and regret is graduating. I got my act together for my upper division, academically at least, but I'm still maturing as a person. The wife, of course, would tend to disagree with that.