BajaNomad
Not logged in [Login - Register]

Go To Bottom
Printable Version  
Author: Subject: Your Mechanic Fed You Lobster??
DianaT
Select Nomad
*******




Posts: 10020
Registered: 12-17-2004
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 3-23-2008 at 09:33 PM
Your Mechanic Fed You Lobster??


Yesterday late morning we waived good-bye to a friend who came to visit us. Less than 2 hours later, he was deposited back on our front porch by some locals who had found him standed on the dirt road out of town. His Mustang's oil pan had a disagreement with a large rock and the rock won---opps :O:O

We managed to get the car back to town and to the local mechanic. We left the Mustang as the mechanic was busy and would not get to it until around 3 p.m. We returned our friend to the mechanic at 3 and said we would check back later.

Well, the mechanic was not quite ready to look at the car, so he invited our friend into his house to share a late afternoon meal. The main course just happend to be lobster tails in garlic butter. :yes::yes

After the painful delay, :rolleyes:, they temporarily repaired the large slash in the oil pan with some epoxy type mixture they use on boat motors. It had to dry overnight before the oil could be replaced.

No problem that it was Easter, they were waiting for us at 8 AM. Epoxy dry, oil filled, and off we all drove. We followed him at a VERY slow pace to Vizcaino, and all was well. We all continued on. Here we sit at Baja Cactus and our friend has continued on toward the border---he wants to make work tomorrow.

BTW, while our friend''s car was being fixed', these mechanics were supposed to be at our home repairing a bad welding job done by another person. They knew it was important as we were leaving today. We did not expect them since our frined jumped in line. But a they arrived a little after 6 pm and finished the job an hour later.

OK, many of you have GREAT Baja mechanic stories, but how many of you were fed a lobster dinner while waiting for your car repair??

When people ask us what we like about this place, we just smile.

John and Diane




View user's profile
Diver
Ultra Nomad
*****




Posts: 4729
Registered: 11-15-2004
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 3-23-2008 at 09:58 PM


Quote:
Originally posted by jdtrotter
When people ask us what we like about this place, we just smile.

John and Diane


Great report !
Thanks for sharing your "smile".
.
View user's profile
Iflyfish
Ultra Nomad
*****




Posts: 3747
Registered: 10-17-2006
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 3-23-2008 at 11:34 PM


Love the style!
Iflyfish
View user's profile
Skipjack Joe
Elite Nomad
******




Posts: 8088
Registered: 7-12-2004
Location: Bahia Asuncion
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 3-24-2008 at 03:01 PM


My mechanic gave me a can of sardines once. :o
View user's profile
DavidT
Nomad
**




Posts: 494
Registered: 4-9-2005
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 3-24-2008 at 10:42 PM


Extra days in Baja! Your friend owes that rock a big Thank You.



David
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
View user's profile
DianaT
Select Nomad
*******




Posts: 10020
Registered: 12-17-2004
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 3-25-2008 at 10:36 AM


Quote:
Originally posted by DavidT
Extra days in Baja! Your friend owes that rock a big Thank You.


Sort of how he feels---leaving was not something he wanted to do.




View user's profile

  Go To Top

 






All Content Copyright 1997- Q87 International; All Rights Reserved.
Powered by XMB; XMB Forum Software © 2001-2014 The XMB Group






"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez

 

"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt

 

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes

 

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn

 

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law







Thank you to Baja Bound Mexico Insurance Services for your long-term support of the BajaNomad.com Forums site.







Emergency Baja Contacts Include:

Desert Hawks; El Rosario-based ambulance transport; Emergency #: (616) 103-0262