Their emergency shouldn’t be yours unless they pay a premium to fix it.
I’ll gladly pay an independent shop more for a rush repair, and I’m not alone
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Tip #1: stop calling it a “brake job.”
Windshield wipers have had a surprisingly messy evolution
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