Car Repairs

I usually take my car to the dealership in Brooklyn which is 25 miles away but my grandmother told me to take it to "Mr. Brown". That's who she uses. So I dropped it off on Tuesday. I told him what the oil change guy said about the transmission and that my uncle said to get a flush.

I also said that it has a bunch of miles on it, it's a '98, I drive 150 miles a day and I want to have it hopefully another 6 years. If he saw anything else it needed to just fix it.

When I went back to my grandmothers, I was going to use her car while mine was being fixed, I asked if I should pay in cash or a check. She said she usually pays cash and tips because he's very cheap.

Then while I'm driving hers to the golf course it starts blowing smelly smoke from under the hood!! Yikes. I ask the guys at the course if they'll help me add water after it cools off. One of the guys looks at it later and decides it must be the thermometer.

Today Mr. Brown drops my car off to my grandmothers and I run her car over and pay him. It was only $50!! I was hoping it would be under $200 and it was only $200. I'm so glad. And he fixed the scratches on the drivers door that Jade made from hanging out the window. He didn't see the ones on the other side or he would have fixed those. It looks really good. I guess the oil pan was bent also.

I gave him $20 extra since it was so cheap and since my grandmother told me to tip.

$70 mechanic

Wednesday
$10 Woody's
$22.50 golf
$4.21 Wendy's