My car gave me troubles on Friday, and I decided to bring it into Marathon where I get oil change. They have always treated me honestly and have warned me when I do have problems coming up if they see it. They are fair and reasonable on their pricing. Well I got my car back today, and within 5 minutes it broke down again. Are you Freaking Kidding me, Seriously I am gonna cry here. So $650 bucks later, its fixed. I had some issues with my bank which I will write about in my next post. Well, they got the car towed to them, and I had to come with the tow truck. Okay no biggy, I can handle it but not sure how I was gonna pay for more repairs with my bank issues. Yeah I was fixing on crying.
Well, good thing they are honest, and level headed and don’t try to take advantage of their customer. When I turned on my Defroster is when my car broke down, my engine locked up when that stopped working. I hate it when they make cars like that, just make the heater stop working this way. I don’t have to be stall out on a road where some idiot can hit me. It did this to me in the driveway area, while I was getting ready to veer off to the left. I was able to put the car in neutral and get it close to the side of the road.
So what was the problem with the car, they fixed the heater, windshield wiper fluid pump, and front of the exhaust. What they did not realize is the AC was not working correctly and was freezing up or seizing. The mechanic figured it out and we where able to bypass the AC which if I decide to during the summer I can fix it. Depends on what the humidity and heat will be. Minnesota does get humid, we have big changes in the season. Well he didn’t charge me to much. I just wish he would have realize the AC was a problem too, so I wouldn’t have broken down and had a additional expense. The AC will cost $800 to fix. I also will need to deal with the ball joint on the driver side but I do not need to do it now.
They reassured me that bypassing the AC for defrost would be okay. Happy to say I made it all the way home with out any trouble not even a noise from it. Everything on my car needed to be special ordered expect for one part, or else he gave me a discount because it was cheaper then he quoted.
I would recommend them for repairs, they are honest and treat there customers well. My husband had left to go to work and my friend wasn’t gonna be up for a few hours. The mechanic needed to test drive another car, and decided to pick me up. This was helpful, the car he had was some monte carlo, and I can tell you I didn’t like that car. It was nice, but gosh it was short, my head was pretty close to the roof. I am not overly tall, but I am a above average hight. They were patient with me while dealing with my bank on them declining my purchase even though I had plenty of money in my account.