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It is embarrassing to admit, but for 2 years I tolerated loud, scary, crunchy noises that would rise up randomly out of the front end of my car startling the b’jeebies out of me. Did I ever get out of my car to investigate? Um … nooo. It was always too inconvenient. My nice clothes might get dirty.

But for 2 years?! C’mon! Someone should take away my blog.

When I finally remembered to tell Guy, he didn’t hesitate. He laid on the ground and fixed the problem — immediately. Guy is a good listener.

The problem was only some bent ground effects that drug on the pavement when braking hard on a steep incline, but it could have been serious. I should have looked. First, though, I should have listened.

Well, like mom, like daughter.

A couple months back Kathy heard an annoying rattle in her motor and felt that her engine sounded a little off, so what did she do?

“I  turned my music up louder!” she said.  ”Finally it was bugging me enough that I asked our mechanic to take a look. It turned out that my water pump was trashed! The bearings had failed and the mounts were actually fused to my engine block! Sooo not smart.”

Kathy hadn’t listened either.

Truth is, most of us don’t listen to our vehicles (or our loved ones) usually when we need to listen most. We have our reasons: inconvenience, annoyance, procrastination, and/or, sometimes we just don’t want to know.

But you, dear customers, you can be great listeners! Just don’t follow our bad example.

Do listen to your car (and loved ones) by taking a quiet moment each week to heed the weird, crunchy, unwanted and inconvenient noises in your life — be they human, or be they mechanical — because at the end of the day, good listeners are always glad they they did.

Happy End-of-February!
Be safe. Be money wise.
Guy, Kathy, and Laura
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