The car went back
@GardenGerty (169449)
United States
December 17, 2021 6:49am CST
Okay, so the problem was the constant velocity axle, it went out.
Mechanic took it apart and fixed it.
I guess he failed to replace or repair an axle seal. Bob was driving the car, it began to smoke and lost all of its oil. He parked it in the driveway.
Our mechanic said "we missed it, did not take care of it, we will come get the car and make it right."
So we are still without one car.
Keeps me from shopping so much.
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Dec 21
"constant velocity axle"
Is that really a thing?
Sounds like something they made up, or at least something on a space ship.
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Dec 21
@RebeccasFarm Probably the frimfram needs reglazing, too... 
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
17 Dec 21
I was thinking the exact same thing..never, not once ever heard of that3 people like this
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
18 Dec 21
Not only that, he felt one of our tires was about to blow out, so he put another one on.
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@Dena91 (17041)
• United States
19 Dec 21
@GardenGerty That was good he looks out for you and your car.
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
17 Dec 21
Wow.. missed it huh..that is some missing
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
18 Dec 21
Well as my co worker, Earl the bus driver said, it may not have been leaking when we picked up the car. I drove it home, hubby drove to an appointment in one town and then to another town for fuel. All in all we put over one hundred miles on it before the problem showed up.The mechanic brought his wrecker, picked it up, replaced the seal and lubricants, and then, because one tire looked really bad, he put another tire on it for us. No charge.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
18 Dec 21
@GardenGerty Well now that is a decent guy no charge Heather. You wouldnt find someone like that around this way.
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
18 Dec 21
Actually he went above and beyond, and replaced a tire as well.
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@yoalldudes (35030)
• Philippines
17 Dec 21
Ha ha a positive way to look at it to lessen the stress and inconvenience.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
18 Dec 21
Both times we have had trouble with the car we have been in a safe and convenient place. Not that we wanted a problem, but it could have been worse.
@MarieCoyle (59183)
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17 Dec 21
I hate car issues. So many times it ends up being so much more money spent that we didn't plan on. I recently had a friend dump nearly $2,000.00 on a new AC system for a 2004 car! It's not even worth that much. I tried and tried to tell her....pointed out the value, etc. but she did it anyway. Now she is getting ready to dump even more money into it. Her family is trying to talk her out of it and having no success. I am glad your mechanic admitted they missed the problem and is taking care of it, a good mechanic is a gem in my opinion.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
18 Dec 21
He is great. Your friend sounds in many ways like my husband.
@MarieCoyle (59183)
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18 Dec 21
@GardenGerty
She always seems to be so sensible about most things, but that car, she keeps saying oh, it's still a good car, etc. Well, that may very well be true, however, pouring large amounts of money in an old car with a ton of miles on it is not the smartest move in my opinion. She can afford another one, and her family are trying to keep her from pouring any more money into that vehicle.
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
18 Dec 21
We have a couple of other cars, but this is the one I mainly drive or that we take to my sister's house.
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@LadyDuck (502379)
• Italy
19 Dec 21
@GardenGerty We only have one car now, I do not drive, the second car always needed to have the battery recharged when we used it. Here in Europe it gets very expensive to keep more than one car.
@DaddyEvil (174366)
• United States
17 Dec 21
It's nice to find an honest mechanic. 
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
18 Dec 21
He even threw in a new used tire.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Dec 21
Yikes. Glad he pulled over and the car is being taken care of now
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
18 Dec 21
Fixed nicely and back home. We went and got it instead of me making the coffee cake.
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