I am extremely tolerant of the noise from the mechanic shop next door because I know the owner would drop everything to help me if I had a problem with my truck — he’s done it before.<\/p>\n
So after a solid year of having a noisy muffler and saying I was going to get the AC looked at, those items finally came to the top of my priority list. I’m driving a lot more now than I used to because I have a friend who needs lifts to pick up things and I have more gas money and free time to go exploring. It’d be great to take a Sunday drive to neighbourhood villages. Plus, having learned that my dog likes truck rides, I want the option to take her with me for the day or even just to a more walkable neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
So I cornered my mechanic yesterday and he said to leave him my keys and that he’d have a look at my truck today. He got permission to do up to 3,000 pesos of work.<\/p>\n
This afternoon, I heard him take off with the truck and Bonita ran out, then ran in, looking very concerned, LOL! A few hours later, the muffler issue was dealt with for a mere 350 pesos!!!<\/p>\n
The AC doesn’t have quite a happy ending, but it is a happy ending. He said I need a whole new cooling system for around 4,000-5,000 pesos. That’s just not worth it when spring of 2021 is already looming and I’ll have to get my truck out of\u00a0Mexico. He cleaned the whole cooling system, plugged a small leak, and added gas. So I do have AC now, but it could last me a day or the rest of my truck’s life — there’s no guarantee. But I bet that with the maintenance he’s done, just topping off the gas periodically will get me to 2021. All appendages crossed! So that was another 500 pesos.<\/p>\n
So 850 pesos (57CAD\/44USD) later, I now have a truck I’m once again excited to drive. It’s been a bit of a chore the last year because she’s been so noisy. And now, even though she’s looking quite battered, I won’t be afraid to show up at the DMV to apply for my driver’s license and do the road test with her. So, yup, that’s the next project — getting my Yucat\u00e1n driver’s license!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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