Update: My Jeep survived his recent surgery
Several weeks ago, on my way to have dinner and drinks with Ryan Young of Trampled By Turtles fame (don't know that story? I wrote a blog about it), my beloved Jeep's windshield fogged up a LOT. And there was this vaporous white stuff blowing from the vents. And it was honestly kind of hard to see the road sometimes. So I called Denny, who has cared for the Jeep since his arrival in my family, and who is a good friend of my dad because they were in the National Guard together.
Anyway... here's the conversation I had with Denny:
Hannah: So the Jeep's doing this weird thing, Denny. It's blowing out white vapor and fogging up my windshield and it's hard to see the road when it does this. Will you fix it?
Denny: Bahahahahahahahaha! No, Hannah! No! That job's too big for me. You need a new heater core. The whole dash'll need to come off!
Hannah: Oh. So... should I call [insert name of another mechanic here]?
Denny: No, no. Call Sanders in Bonneauville. It'll be cheaper. Ask for Harley.
I did exactly what Denny said to do and guess what. Harley is AMAZING!
I will now tell you why you should also consider using Harley as your mechanic:
Harley legitimately takes his time diagnosing a problem. He kept the Jeep for a couple of days to make sure it was indeed the heater core that needed to be replaced and he made sure there was nothing else malfunctioning with the vents since it would save money in the long run to replace other things while the dashboard was off. I appreciated that.
Even though I picked up the Jeep after the garage had closed, Harley spent a lot of time breaking everything down to make sure I actually understood it. I, Hannah, actually understood mechanical things. That's very unusual, but Harley is a phenomenal teacher. I recommended he teach at Cumberland-Perry Vo Tech because he'd be really good at it. (But I also recommended that it should only be a side hustle because, I mean, I might need him to fix the Jeep again in the future, you know?)
Harley breaks everything down and tells you what things will cost -- and why they will cost what they cost -- before doing work on your vehicle. It's like he provides an itemized receipt before anything is done. I love that!
Harley is very tidy. He usually wears white shirts and they stay clean even though he's working with cars. That impressed me a lot. I like cleanliness.
Harley fixed the Jeep. Ultimately, that's what a mechanic is meant to do, right? Fix broken mechanical things. Harley did that, and he showed me the faulty heater core and pointed out all the corrosion, and he schooled me on the best antifreeze to use in the Jeep so the new heater core lasts a long time, and he broke everything down to once again make perfect sense... even though he was talking about the inner-workings of a car!
The bottom line is this: If you live in the Gettysburg area and your car isn't running as it should, you should call Harley and have him take a look because he's kind of awesome. Plus, you can talk to him about other things too... like music and teaching and who knows what else? I'm hoping to adopt him as a new guy friend because one can never have too many guy friends and I like hanging out with people who are creative in ways that are different from my creativity. That's how we learn, right?
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