Half Empty/Half Full

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On the one hand, I didn't need the surprise of $798 worth of repair work on my car when all I was planning to do was take it in for its every-30,000-mile service.

On the other hand, a $798 repair bill is much better than dying in a traffic accident, and I'd rather find out the front brakes were shot to hell when I brought it in for service than, say, on the highway at 70 mph. Especially 2 days before a major road trip.

Also, Saturn of Medford gains major kudos for being genuinely nice. The routine service also turned up a couple of cosmetic problems - nothing life-threatening, but the sort of thing that just make driving more irksome. We had to decline having them fixed today, for financial reasons, and apparently they made the executive decision to fix at least one of them at no charge. That went a long way towards turning today's vehicular upkeep experience from a source of further stress and misery to one that was at least somewhat positive.

It could be worse. It could have been much worse.

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For the record, if other vehicle maintenance/repair stuff crops up feel free to contact me. If it something I can do, I'd be willing to work out a something for the cost of parts plus baked goods/home cooked dinner (and maybe gas to get there).