[Zeke]

Wonder what kind of work the Caddyman does?

I think an out comes under the theme of a "partial repair." You agree to put the car on the rack and then note any safety issues. You tell the customer that you either fix it all or nothing. Your parts (it's a safety issue) and labor by the book. Tell him your insurance won't allow you to drop a car that still has an un-repaired safety issue.

Here's your estimate.

State law might even be on your side on that one.

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Funny, I had a '90 Caddy and it started acting up. It was a leaking mess that I took when my mother died. I worked on it until I couldn't do any more, so I took it down to the local mechanic. He putzed around with it and finally came up with a grounding issue of the block to chassis. Says he fixed that and handed me the bill with, "Get that leaker out of here."

It lasted a couple months before having a catastrophic ECU meltdown. I left it at the side of the road and walked away. Told AAA don't bring it to my house. Push it over a cliff.

Stupid because I could have gotten 200 from the tow away guy. But I digress.

I talk too much.