[speaker001:] hi so uh what was the last car repair you had
[speaker002:] just recently I was kind of laughing when I when I heard the switchboard talking about the question because uh I had to have my uh radiator flushed
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] and it was getting rusty and the thing that they forgot to do was to um to also look at the hose and I had gone about oh two days with my new radiator flushed and the hose burst so I was stranded out on the highway
[speaker001:] oh no did you crack the block or what
[speaker002:] no I I I didn't do that thank goodness but um there seemed to be enough antifreeze in there you know left to do that but it cost me all kind of money you know to have that repaired after they said they were gonna they had repaired it t so that was that was a horrible experience just recently
[speaker001:] yeah I'll see you got lucky didn't ruin the whole engine though that can be pretty serious
[speaker002:] yes yes I know I know what about you
[speaker001:] oh I guess it's been awhile for me I'd say it's been about a year
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] yeah I had the uh the water pump break on my car
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] yeah I was traveling uh I was going on my way home from Thanksgiving and it broke like in the middle of nowhere
[speaker002:] um-hum uh-huh
[speaker001:] so I had to get it towed and then fixed and big pain
[speaker002:] uh-huh oh oh I know I know especially what if you're out on the highway
[speaker001:] yeah that's where I was luckily someone came by and gave me a ride
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum I know well you know I uh living in Dallas you know we've got uh bumper to bumper eight lanes of traffic and uh that was that was horrible
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] you know to have the you know your car is fuming and everything it's already a hundred degrees you don't need that too oh shoot but my car is getting old see it's about six years old now so
[speaker001:] yeah so is mine
[speaker002:] yeah so I got it right out of college and so it's uh it's starting to show that wear and tear now
[speaker001:] yeah I'm hoping mine gets me through I got until May till I'm out so if my car lasts that long I'll be okay
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh yeah that uh that was my graduation present to myself so yeah yeah I know so but gosh it's really starting to to wear so I've been thinking especially now is a good time to buy a car
[speaker001:] oh that's nice yeah
[speaker002:] gonna because I can't uh I don't know if I wanna you know pay all these repairs now to start getting it fixed when it's starting to breakdown
[speaker001:] yeah I don't wanna do too much on mine because it'll be worth more than the car and that it it's not worth it
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum yeah that's true I agree with you there so I don't know uh because I I need to have it tuned you know tuned up and I don't know replace some of the belts and I was looking at the uh
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] tires need to be replaced and so I was thinking gee that's a lot of money I'm might as well buy me a new car for that
[speaker001:] yeah I got new tires last winter too so I'm like that's the last major purchase for this thing it's not worth it
[speaker002:] uh-huh well you have to Pennsylvania boy you have to really have your car winterized and stuff huh
[speaker001:] yeah yeah we get some killer winters up here in the mountains
[speaker002:] um-hum oh really oh okay so
[speaker001:] yeah lot of snow and a lot of cold
[speaker002:] uh-huh well especially don't you have what a lot of salt on the ground
[speaker001:] yeah at times there's a lot of it you got to like clean out the underneath of your car all the time when you get a chance
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah yeah well rust and the and the body too huh
[speaker001:] yeah I haven't had a big problem with that though
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] so I've been pretty lucky there
[speaker002:] well I think they got the new Z Bart stuff and everything to where you can um
[speaker001:] yeah that's for usually pretty good you just rinse it off after the winter's over and done with it
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah and go like that so
[speaker001:] yeah I usually like to do most repairs on my own though
[speaker002:] do you
[speaker001:] yeah just because that way I know what's wrong with my car and what it needs and what it really doesn't
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] yeah plus if something goes wrong I'll know who to blame
[speaker002:] well I I think I'm getting too old for all that my uh I had four brothers and they used to drag me out underneath the car and stuff so I can I can do all that stuff but I I think I'd much prefer to pay the twenty two ninety five to to go and have it done now so I can get my hands dirty so yeah I'm just getting getting to that age I guess you just don't have your time becomes very precious so working on the car is just not one of those things I wanna spend my time on anymore
[speaker001:] more fun things to do
[speaker002:] absolutely absolutely so yeah trying to you know I just need one I had two cars there for a while so I wouldn't have to worry about which car was gonna run
[speaker001:] well that's nice
[speaker002:] and yeah so but it became a hassle trying to keep up and maintain both of them and yeah so that
[speaker001:] yeah one's bad enough
[speaker002:] yes one was bad enough but I think I got rid of the wrong one I soon I need a lot of repairs done on on this one so yeah that was uh that was something else whenever our five minutes up I I didn't I didn't set the time or anything to uh yeah put
[speaker001:] yeah I was just wondering that yeah I didn't either yeah this must be a a hard category
[speaker002:] well yeah I guess um you know unless you're um you know big do-it-yourselfer um to you know fix up your own cars and and things like that so but I guess they they were talking about experiences you know I uh uh I did my parents live in Ohio so I I do know something about the you know the really cold weather and uh I've always lived down here in the South and I went I took my car up there to their house and um I guess I had a crack in the block and when I got up there the car