Adam's Awesome Anecdotes

Well, it’s been a year and a day since I’ve even logged into tumblr, let alone posted anything, but I had a great experience with a mechanic today (yes, those are actually possible!) and I just thought I’d give a shout out to Tires Plus (in Athens, GA by Home Depot off Epps Bridge Road).  

For the past day or two the A/C in my car hasn’t been working correctly.  I figured the 100 degree weather had gotten the best of it and perhaps I just needed a charge until today when the check engine light came on.  A minute later I noticed the temperature gauge was scarily close to maxed out.  Luckily I was about a block away from Tires Plus so I gingerly drove the car into their parking lot.  I arrived about 6:20pm and it turns out they don’t close until 7.  I explained what was going on and they said they would squeeze me in (although normally the car should have time to cool off) and run a diagnostic for $20.  About 20 minutes later they explained a clamp had come off one of the radiator hoses, they had fixed it, topped off the fluid and reset the check engine light.  I left just down $20 and quite happy it wasn’t something much worse.  What impressed me was that a mechanic knowing you just coasted in to his shop right at the end of business could have definitely milked some more bucks out a car illiterate person such as myself, but they didn’t and so Tires Plus now gets the Adam seal of approval.  I’ll certainly be giving them my business in the future and if you need tires, an oil change, or a radiator hose clamp you might want to consider them, too.