The day I fixed a car with zip ties and a soda can

Last Tuesday I had a customer bring in a 2004 Civic with a busted radiator hose and no money until Friday. I patched it with a sliced soda can and two heavy duty zip ties just to get her to work for three days. She came back on Friday smiling with cash and said the fix held like a champ. That same afternoon a guy with a BMW got mad I wouldn't take his expired coupon from 2017. Guess which one made my week worthwhile? Has anyone else had a ghetto fix that actually outlasted a proper repair?

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jamesf2613d ago

Heard a similar story on a car forum last month. Those cheap fixes sometimes just work.

riley_west13d ago

Yeah "those cheap fixes sometimes just work" reminds me of this time I had a lawn mower that was coughing and sputtering real bad. I took the carburetor apart and found a tiny piece of plastic stuck in there from the gas can. I just poked it out with a paperclip and the thing ran like new for another two years. Sometimes the simplest stuff is all it needs, you know? People get all hung up on replacing parts when a little elbow grease and some common sense would do the trick.