My life has changed enormously in the last few months. I got married, moved out of state, so my money was a bit tight leading up to all this. Imagine my crushing sense of defeat when my car starts acting all funny on me right before the big move. I'm in town alone, as my fella' had already left town while I finished off a few things. And my stupid front end makes some weird thunky noises while at idle, I'm coming up on my oil change (but still had a few hundred miles) AND THEN as I am driving to work the stupid light turns on in a clearly desperate manner. I have all my fingers and toes crossed that it is just the oil change issue, but I am sure my beloved hunk of junk is going to give out on me at the worst possible time. I do some Yelp research and take it to Speedy after work, which I am surprised to realize is located next to the Jiffy Lube that always tries to sell me unnecessary stuff, wish I'd known they existed sooner! Either way, I pace around the neighborhood, not really paying attention to much but my madcap hope that all will be ok. I come back, and the face I see is not promising. All of those times I took my baby (Civic EX 2000) to those "Rhymes with Iffy Tube" type places it turns out they were rough on my oil pan bolt. He shows me the stripped thread bolt and I am sure I'm getting ripped off, as always happens to desperate only so car aware kinds of people. I mean, it seems stripped, but what do I know? But he seems so soothing, and offers a solution. They'll try to rethread it for me, which will save a ton of money. I'll only have to pay the big bucks if they can't get the threading right. He even offers to try and do it then, but they are supposed to be closing and I want time to research. I arrange trolley/rides to work for the next day and do my research. It apparently is a common issue with my kind of car, especially when you go to those quick change places and have the amount of miles that I do. The solution they've proposed is a common one, the price they are charging is more than reasonable and I feel so much better. Sure enough, when I come back the next day, it is all smiles. They gave me the worn out thread to keep, but they worked their magic. She is free and clear! Even better, I'd noticed that my milage had dropped since the last major repair I'd had done. After this repair, she is back up to her lovely ~30 mpg and the engine area sounds so much better. The engine light is gone, and she soldiers on! Thank you Speedy for making a headache disappear with a whimper. And not minding that I was nervous about accepting a new shops recommendations without checking in. That shows amazing integrity and if I were still in town, I know where I'd be going!