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So we're trying to register our ontario 1995 neon in bc. I went to "Nic's garage" a feminist sweet fucking place that put flowers on my dashboard and drove me to work when I put it in for the inspection. The inspection was $85, the cost of repairs to the car to be certified ...... $3000!! The owner of the garage called me back and said he would get a second estimate, and pay for the second inspection. This inspection looked only at things that had to be done for safety reasons...the estimate for these repairs $800. Wow!! I said that's awesome what a big difference.....but still a little much for me to pay in general and for a car I might not even be able to sell for that much.
Showed the list of repairs, parts and prices to the head mechanic at work. He promptly told me I was being milked and called another place for prices for parts...almost all of the parts at this second place were half as much as Nic's and they charge $50.00/hr for work as opposed to $82.50. So now, I have to go to Nic's garage and say to this very nice man who did me a big favour, used his own money to do it and drove me to work, that his garage is too expensive for me and I'm taking it somewhere else for the work. Boooooo. Bad form Amanda. But I guess that's fair isn't it? We found a place in Vancouver!!! It's great, it's big, the landlords are awesome and earthy, it's near commerical drive and has laundry and a yard!! I have pics but don't know how to upload them but i'll give it a try! And!!!! IT's under $800!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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