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Title: Did Mechanic Try to Take Elderly Neighbor for a Ride? Did Mechanic Try to Take Elderly Neighbor for a Ride? (Auto Weekly)
Author : The Virginian Pilot
Release Date : January 31, 2008
Genre: Reference,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 72 KB

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Dear Tom and Ray: My neighbor is an elderly gent with fairly advanced Alzheimer's disease. His wife was called out of town and left both of their cars disabled (disconnected the batteries, probably) so he wouldn't drive off on his own. Well, he did try to drive off on his own, and the cars failed to start. So he walked to a mechanic on the corner and asked for help. The next thing you know, an Escort with 90,000 miles and a Taurus with 23,000 miles are running, and are driven off to the mechanic. Later that afternoon, my neighbor showed me four pages of computer-printed estimates (printed on the back of old deli menus, by the way) totaling $4,700 to fix his cars. Outrageous things like a compression test and timing chain on the car with 23,000 miles. New alternators on both, and a new distributor on one. The rest are bogus tuneup charges. My initial reaction was to go over there and yell at the thief, but instead I called my neighbor's daughter, and she retrieved the cars before any work was done. What would have been the best response? I would love to hear your opinion. -- Jan