[NYPorsche]

The wife took the family truckster (Honda Odyssey) in for state inspection. It passed but they gave her a couple page list of recommended repairs - rear brakes, lower control arm, wipers, power steering flush, brake flush all for the low low price of $1,800. And they missed the clearly blown rear shocks that due to work I hadn’t had a chance to replace yet.

She’s dealt with me for long enough to say thank you, take her inspection sticker, keys and leave.

Got all the work done, plus a bunch of other deferred maintenance completed this afternoon for a few hundred $ in parts and a couple hours of my time. No big deal, but how on earth do those who go into the shop blind manage to keep cars on the road? To be fair - she took it to the nearby chain tire joint rather than my local mechanic who is awesome, but not everyone has a local mechanic who is awesome.

Finished up, made myself a drink and sent my dad a message thanking him for teaching me how to do this stuff decades ago.