[speaker001:] Okay, now then you heard the question, what
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] what do you like to do for yourself in car automobile repairs?
[speaker002:] Well, I'll tell you, I used to do a lot more repairs when cars were easy to work on, than I do now.
[speaker001:] Okay.
[speaker002:] I do, uh, I do the easy stuff now. I change oil, uh, and then what some people would consider a little more difficult, I, I'll change spark plugs and
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] I'll change, you know, points and, you, you know, do air filters, that kind of stuff.
[speaker001:] Well.
[speaker002:] But, uh, I can't do as much as I used to, um, I used to do a whole lot more, but not any more, they're just too weird to work on now.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Is that the reason you're not doing it, or are you so busy you don't have time to do it?
[speaker002:] Well, that's part of it
[speaker001:] Uh.
[speaker002:] yeah, part of it is, like you said, I don't have time.
[speaker001:] Okay. Well being a female and being alone, you, I don't do anything but put gasoline,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] in my car, and let someone else check the oil even.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But, uh, have you had any major repairs recently?
[speaker002:] Well, um, on this car I've got now, no, but I had a van before, and it was only two years old, and it had transmission go out on it.
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] But fortunately that was covered under the warranty.
[speaker001:] Okay. Well, you should be, feel very fortunate. I had to have a transmission replaced in an eighty-six automobile
[speaker002:] Um.
[speaker001:] and I'll declare, that's an expensive.
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker001:] Yes, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Maybe I should have just traded the car in.
[speaker002:] Yeah, sometimes it makes you wonder.
[speaker001:] Oh, it just, well, I have a very comfortable car
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and I have a health problem that I need a large comfortable car.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So, um, anyway, I have a new transmission,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] and I'm sure that any of them would have cost al-, or charged me almost the same amount. But
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] it hurts,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] it hurts real bad.
[speaker002:] Did you take it to a dealership?
[speaker001:] No, I took it to an independent
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] out in Garland.
[speaker002:] Oh, I see.
[speaker001:] I had, um, these people were recommended by a neighbor
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and, you know, that's the only thing, I am not a native of Dallas.
[speaker002:] Oh, I see.
[speaker001:] So that means I have to depend on, on trustworthy friends
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] and that's. Anyway, it's fixed, it's running, and I pray that I get my thirteen hundred dollars out of it.
[speaker002:] Oh, gosh.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] It's going to run for a li-, for a while yet.
[speaker001:] Oh, I know it.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] It certainly is frightening. What work are you in?
[speaker002:] Uh, I, I work for T I.
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] I, I work in the networking area.
[speaker001:] Okay, okay.
[speaker002:] Do you work for T I?
[speaker001:] No.
[speaker002:] No, okay.
[speaker001:] No, I have just retired from, um, the Southwest Medical Center.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] Yeah, where there are a lot of people down there that could help me with my car, but they're all too busy. So.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah.
[speaker001:] I have to [LAUGHTER] do it the other way, and that's find someone and pay them to do it.
[speaker002:] Yeah, yeah.
[speaker001:] So I certainly hope you have a nice New Year.
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah, I'm, I'm planning on it. Oh, it can't be any worse than last year, that's for sure.
[speaker001:] Oh, it could be,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] but I don't much think so [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah. That's true, that's true.
[speaker001:] I'm, well, we're starting out a new one, so let's make it a good one.
[speaker002:] Yeah, I'm going to try and plan on it.
[speaker001:] Okay.
[speaker002:] All right, well, I enjoyed the conversation.
[speaker001:] Thank you.
[speaker002:] All right, thank you.
[speaker001:] Bye. Bye-bye.
[speaker002:] Bye-bye.