[speaker001:] I uh try to stay away from cars as much as possible in terms of repair actually uh that is really a sore spot with me I I think perhaps the automotive industry is improving but uh like ten years ago um the reliability of automobiles at least US automobiles was pretty dismal and not only that but the uh repair capability of uh service departments and dealerships was equally dismal and uh it seemed that the only way I could reliably take care of my car was to repair it myself which is not my cup of tea
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah
[speaker001:] but uh I
[speaker002:] so do you have a car
[speaker001:] pardon
[speaker002:] do you have a car
[speaker001:] well at that time actually I had a Volkswagen Rabbit
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and um it was it it was a real lemon uh subsequently I got a uh Buick Century and it wasn't as bad
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] but uh last year I bought a Honda Accord and I take it in once every seventy five hundred miles for its periodic maintenance and that is it and it's wonderful and
[speaker002:] yeah we used to have a Honda Accord and they're good they're really good cars every time I get taken to an auto repair place you know every time I go I get taken bad you know woman goes in and they go all right we got a sucker
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] let's get how see how much money we can get out of her you know that's what happens every time um so
[speaker001:] hm hm so what do you what do you have
[speaker002:] I have a Pontiac six thousand
[speaker001:] all the more reason to uh have a a Honda
[speaker002:] yep but our Honda just got old and just wore out it was eleven let's see eleven years old and it just just out of it so
[speaker001:] so so you bought a Pontiac
[speaker002:] no uh-huh my husband uh um ex-husband's this this just happened couple of weeks ago he's my ex-husband but just a few months ago when he was my husband um his father gave us this car and everything is wrong with it I mean the power steering fluid leaks the oil leaks the brake fluid leaks you know
[speaker001:] now this what how old is the car
[speaker002:] um eighty seven and he just doesn't take care of things and but I was awarded the car so there is a man in my church that is a mechanic and I can trust him
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] so he's trying to get you know things fixed on it but it's just you know leak leak leak everywhere but um
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] you know I hate to go into a a repair place because they'll tell me something's wrong with it and it's not you know and charge me twice as much the last time I took it into a repair shop the man told me I needed a master cylinder so I said okay and he charged me a hundred and thirty something dollars and then um about a month later a man was looking at my car and he asked me you know not a man not a repair man but just a friend and I was telling him that I just had a new master cylinder put on and he said looked at and he said that's not a new master cylinder
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] and I didn't even know what one was and um he showed it to me and it was old rusty just awful it was no more new than nothing
[speaker001:] so apparently it was the same one that was on there
[speaker002:] oh more than likely
[speaker001:] oh we just uh refilled refilled uh probably filled the the brake fluid up and that was it
[speaker002:] that was it probably it was very I was so irritated and that's happened to me more than once or twice just just just about every time I've went in somewhere
[speaker001:] so what's the solution to that I guess find a reputable service
[speaker002:] and and you just I can't hardly find one you know
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] the guy that's doing most of my my car now um goes to my church and that's the only reason you know I go to him
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] because I know him and I know he will tell me the truth because he doesn't even charge me for for doing it so he's not gonna you know
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] take me yeah I just pay for the parts and he does it so
[speaker001:] right well that's wonderful
[speaker002:] yeah yeah I am so
[speaker001:] you're lucky
[speaker002:] I don't know I don't know what the solution to that is because the place where you buy your car they're usually the worst one of all we took our Honda to the Honda dealership and they ended up telling us we needed a brand new engine for our car
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] yeah and so idiots as we were neither one of us knew much about cars we you know they told us we just had to have one and we bought one we didn't no more need no new engine give me a break you know so it was it was not good
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] and um