I have always joked that my modern day version of his quest (minus the lantern) was to find an honest car mechanic where I live. At least twice I know for certain that mechanics I have gone to have tried to get me to 'repair' my car for exorbitant sums when nothing was wrong (per a different, trust mechanic, who lives nowhere near me). I know next to nothing about cars, so I admit, I am a perfect target. I also naturally respect people in their area of expertise. But I dislike being taken for a milk cow.
Low and behold, my quest has come to an end. A honest mechanic who is thorough, but also works in a way to save me money. Thereby purchasing my custom until one us moves or joins the choir invisible.
Something was leaking water in my car. And when I say in, I mean in the passenger compartment. The front passenger seat carpet is wet like I left the window open in a typhoon. I'd listened to enough "Car Talk" to guess air conditioner wasn't draining properly. The whole system had been replaced in the spring, by mechanics I no longer trust, and who had always found something expensive and wrong with my car. I would not have put it past them to 'forget' something so they could fix it later for another payday. I took it to a highly rated mechanic who I sadly did not know about before. The whole repair will cost less than $80, parts and labor, including all the testing/time figuring out what was wrong. And he sat down to explain exactly what was wrong until I was satisfied. I have never had such a good (or inexpensive) experience with a mechanic.
The honest mechanic does exist. Hallelujah.
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